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From: boba@hpwarau.hp.com (Bob Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PCTOOLS and NORTON COMMANDER question
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Date: 15 May 89 16:30:27 GMT
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Reply-To: boba@hpwarau.UUCP (Bob Alexander)
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>PCTOOLS: 
>
>DESKTOP is *very* flaky.  When I boot under COMMAND.COM, 'switch -' (MKS
>util to set switchar) makes it *bomb*.  It never comes up.  I isolated
>it to that after booting under COMMAND.COM, removing all TSRs and EMS. 
>
>PCSHELL *always* says "Cannot find overlay", when pcshell.ovl is sitting
>there in plain sight and the manual says it's only needed for PCSHELL in
>TSR mode anyway.  .  . 

PCTools has several problems when the switchar is -.  I believe Desktop
will run only if you invoke it from a directory other than the one it is in.
PCShell will never run.  Compress will run, but can't find its help
file.  There are a few other anomlies, too.

I called Central Point Software and reported the problems I found.  I
suspect they will fix them only if enough customers complain.  So I
suggest you call them,

Meanwhile, I have a batch file that makes the switchar a /, runs the
PCTool of my choice, then restores the switchar to -.  If you want your
tools loaded as TSRs, I'm not sure this will work.


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