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From: hargrove@asc.slb.com (Jim Hargrove)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: MSDOS 5.0 + Win 3, some irregularities?
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Date: 24 Jun 91 13:42:54 GMT
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In-Reply-To: mmshah@athena.mit.edu's message of 22 Jun 91 06:47:44 GMT
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>>>>> mmshah@athena.mit.edu (Milan M Shah) writes:


> Hello.

> I am running win 3 in enhanced mode under DOS 5.0. My setup exhibits two
> "irregularities":

> o If I run DOS in a window, and then type in "undelete" to undelete a file,
>   the window goes full screen, but works correctly. System seems to be fine,
>   and I can alt-enter back to window mode.
I just verified this. I think that undelete, for safety, forces the
system into "exclusive" mode, which implies full screen.

> o Very often (almost every other time?), win3 will not start! I type in win /3,
>   the MS logo comes up, and then the system goes on a coffee break. I can 
>   normally reboot and try again and it works. This never happened under DOS 3.3
>   which I was running before.

> I am running hyperdisk 4.20 (shareware version), and have DOS 5.0 loaded into
> high memory, along with hyperdisk, doskey, and a mouse driver.

I'd suspect hyperdisk myself. Have you tried using Smartdrive instead?
I know it is probably not as good, but it was designed to work in this
environment. 








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