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From: bxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: "Packed file is corrupt" error and MS-DOS 5.0
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Date: 25 Jun 91 14:43:15 GMT
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west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West) writes:

>  I have been getting "Packed file is corrupt" errors when trying to
>run certain applications after installing MS-DOS 5.0.  Any idea what 
>might cause this?  Specifically qbasic and PC-NFS telnet give this
>error when I try to run them.

>  I assume it has to do with devicehigh, since if I don't load anything
>high, the problem goes away, but I was wondering if anyone else has had
>any experience with this problem.

Yes, I had this same problem with certain programs that I'd compiled
with MS C 6.00a, and linked with the /PACKCODE switch.  You should find
a fixup TSR on one of the DOS 5 diskettes.  Sorry, but I don't remember
its name.

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