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From: etxsral@california.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Put Word 5.0 in a Window
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.105441.9317@ericsson.se>
Date: 3 Apr 91 10:54:41 GMT
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In article <1991Mar30.075421.25921@milton.u.washington.edu> klliou@milton.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou) writes:
>I cannot start Word 5.0 in a window (enhanced mode, of course), but I
>can start Word with full screen and then change it to a window..
>Should I modify something in the PIF?  (The error message is "..You cannot 
>start this application when other high-resolution application.....", but
>closing other application did not help)

I think that you only can run a windowed dos-application in a resolution
that is less then your windows resolution.
Example:  If you run windows in VGA mode then your dos-appl's in
          a window can use EGA as it highest resolution.

Try to installed Word 5.0 for EGA instead.

/Lars Nilsson
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