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From: JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DOS Apps losing mouse driver in Windows?
Message-ID: <90285.231437JIM@auvm.auvm.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 90 03:14:37 GMT
References: <1990Oct9.102529.322@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
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In article <1990Oct9.102529.322@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
says:
>I have a DOS game which requires mouse support (CONQUEST.EXE from
>chyde.uwasa.fi) - it runs fine on my 386sx system.  When I load Windows and
>create a PIF for the program, and try to run it, I get the message "Mouse not
>found" (or loaded or something.)  I get similar response when I choose DOS
>Prompt from the Main group and type in the game name.  Is there a way to get
>DOS applications mouse access once Windows is running?

I have found  that I can only  give mouse support to an  application if I
write a bat file which (a) load  the mouse driver and then (b) starts the
application.  This  *only*  works  if   the  application  is  started  in
full-screen mode. If it starts in a window the mouse driver will not load
because it can't find the mouse.
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Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM)
The American University
Washington DC 20016 USA