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From: efv@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Eugene F. Vogt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WARNING for MASM 5.1 runme install program
Message-ID: <29465@linus.UUCP>
Date: 18 Apr 88 13:50:15 GMT
References: <25@necbsd.NEC.COM> <1922@polyslo.UUCP>
Sender: news@linus.UUCP
Reply-To: efv@mbunix (Vogt)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass.
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Keywords: MASM, Microsoft

In article <1922@polyslo.UUCP> mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP (Mike Patnode) writes:
>In article <25@necbsd.NEC.COM> gay@necbsd.NEC.COM (John Gay) writes:
>=A friend that has also tried to install MASM 5.1 with the setup program
>=has come across a similar experience, except that the program installed
>=some of MASM's files in the wrong places and corrupted some of his
>=executables.  Those corrupted include (but probably are not limited to)
>=lib.exe and make.exe.
>
>I had this exact same problem.  I found the installation program ran
>much better after removing all my memory resident programs.

The Microsoft Editor uses a hidden directory called DELETED to archive
backup copies of edited files.  There are other programs included that
manipulate the deleted files archive.  This "feature" can be changed to
a more traditional .BAK single file backup, or no backup at all, by
placing the following line in the TOOLS.INI editor startup file:

	backup:bak		- for single .BAK backups

	backup:none		- for no backups

If you use the setup program supplied, I suspect that the hidden directory
is created for you in anticipation of your use of the editor (which is a
VERY powerful editor, by the way!).  You can use CD to drop into the
hidden directory, and then delete the files, and then go up one subdirectory
and delete the hidden directory.  All directory commands work, its just that
the subdirectory doesn't show up when you do a DIR.
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