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From: 720323w@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Bill Wilder)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Cannot start applications if background execution selected
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.110226.28267@aucs.AcadiaU.ca>
Date: 16 Apr 91 11:02:26 GMT
Reply-To: 720323w@aucs.acadiau.ca (Bill Wilder)
Organization: Agriculture Canada
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I have seen a problem now with two 386 machines running Windows 3.0 in
386 enhanced mode. If the PIF file for a DOS application has background
execution selected then it is not possible to launch the application.
If background execution is not selected then it is possible to start
the application and later turn on background processing through the
settings.

In the first instance Windows complains that the PIF settings are
incorrect but the very same PIF file on a different 386 will launch the
application with background processing functioning properly.  Both
machines have adequate memory (4MB or more). This leads me to suspect
that there must be either a difference in the machines or in the
machines SYSTEM.INI files that impedes background execution.

Has anyone encountered a similar problem?

Thanks
-- 
Bill Wilder
Computer Systems Manager
Kentville Research Station
Agriculture Canada