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From: ballerup@diku.dk (Per G|tterup)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DOS Apps losing mouse driver in Windows?
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.135945.26767@diku.dk>
Date: 16 Oct 90 13:59:45 GMT
References: <1990Oct9.102529.322@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <90285.231437JIM@auvm.auvm.edu>
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Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
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JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) writes:

=> 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.

Well, after some problems with color suppression that DID have something to
do with the mouse driver, everything is running fine.

This also includes mouse control in DOS apps. when running full-screen (but
not in a window!). All I did was to load the mouse driver supplied with
Windows 3.0 in my AUTOEXEC.BAT before loading windows. Now whenever I launch
a DOS appl. full-screen the mouse works just fine without exception!

Have you tried that? - Use ONLY the mouse driver supplied with Windows?

It works here!

- I'll be back...

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