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From: jhorigan@cook.berkeley.edu (John W. Horigan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Windows USELESS with MSDOS 5.0!!!
Keywords: Windows MSDOS 5.0
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.065137.15177@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 06:51:37 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.235553.24042@netcom.COM>
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In article <1991Jun13.235553.24042@netcom.COM> feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) writes:
>Now that I've got your attention, the problem is that Windows cannot
>find any of my non MS programs when I attempt to invoke them via the
>program manager. I've spent some time trying to get hold of MS to ask
>about this, but I can't get through and the $$$ are adding up.  All of
>these programs start properly under PCDOS 3.3. Is it possible that MS
>didn't test dos 5.0 with windows?!!!
>-- 
>David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631
>EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com  or feustel@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu

Did you repartition the hard drive during installation?  When I
did I saved about 10meg in wasted space but I had to change all
D: references to C: in all the .INI files and in Program
Manager's group files (the latter done tediously, one icon at a
time. Maybe those Mac guys are right.)  When you make these changes
you'll also have to rebind the icons to your non-Windows programs. 
Microsoft should provide a way of invisibly binding icons to 
non-Windows files.

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John Horigan     jhorigan@cook.berkeley.edu
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