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From: plim@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com (Peter Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for MS-DOS 5.0 Compatibility Tricks...
Message-ID: <3360029@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com>
Date: 26 Jun 91 11:21:29 GMT
References: <1991Jun16.043650.7990@vpnet.chi.il.us>
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/ hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) /  8:12 pm  Jun 20, 1991 /
writes:

> >Did you remember to reboot after issuing the SETVER command?
> 
> If this is really necessary (what I doubt) what shall I do if I have 
> one program that needs version 5 and another one that refuses
> to work unless it is running on a specific dos version.
> 
> Do I have to boot every time I want to switch between these
> two programs? Great!
> -- 
>
Nope ! SETVER is program specific. I think the syntax is:

SETVER <setver program directory path> <Your program name> <ver number>

So, SETVER only report an altered version number to the program you
specified. Not to every program.


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