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From: brad@huey.Jpl.Nasa.GOV (Brad Hines)
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Subject: Re: Windows, .PIF, and 4DOS
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Date: 27 Feb 91 16:51:46 GMT
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In article <6637@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>, jin@spdcc.COM (Jerry Natowitz) writes:
>I have noticed that when I run an application in Windows that has a pif
>file, a little DOS icon appears immediately before and after I am in the
>application.  This happens despite COMSPEC being set to c:\4dos

>I searched through all the .ini files, and the associated .txt files
>to no avail.  Is command.com being invoked in order to run programs
>defined by .pif files?

Find the file _default.pif (or something like that) and modify it to
run 4dos instaead of command.com.  This is covered in more detail in
the manual.

-- 
Brad Hines
Internet: brad@huey.jpl.nasa.gov
Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California