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From: kmcvay@oneb.UUCP (Ken McVay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Files opened at the same time under Desqview
Summary: DESQview goes 'tilt'
Keywords: What do I do?
Message-ID: <1035@oneb.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 89 19:50:26 GMT
References: <1500@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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In article <1500@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, cwebster@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Chris Webster) writes:
> 
> I run Desqview 2.2 on an AT clone.  Something has been pestering me for a 
> while now about DV: How does it handle files that are opened by different
> applications at the same time?

If memory serves correctly, it doesn't. If you change a file in partition "A"
and then access it from "B" you can expect FAT problems - think about it.

For that reason, I found it politic to bring DV down once a day (see 
previous message about running dual FD/Opus BBS systems) for maintenance -
a part of which was optimizing the drives with VOPT....while VOPT WOULD run
under DV, it would have been damned dangerous to do so, since both partitions
could access the drives.

Exercise reasonable care and your problems should end, and do any and all
system maintenance with DV down.

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