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In article <C7z5us.Ct3@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, rnkhan@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Rob Khan) writes:
> In article <1993Jun1.123302.1@phcu.helsinki.fi> aalto@phcu.helsinki.fi (Erkki '\\rkki' Aalto, University of Helsinki) writes:
>>I have been trying to install Mathcad 4.0 for Windows in our Netware 3.11
>>server. It works under local Windows 3.1 but not under Windows from the
>>network. Windows from the network believes it to be a DOS application and
>>tries to run it as such. How could I persuade Windows to believe it is a
>>Windows application?
>
> ** Caveat emptor: This is a real shot in the dark (can anyone confirm?)
>
> The most recent ads for MathCad (BYTE) seem to indicate that it uses Win32s
> DLL's for 32-bit flat addressing etc. Win32 use a new executable format so it's
> quite possible that the network copy of Windows 3.1 doesn't have the DLL's
> necessary to load the executable; or even recognize it for that matter as a
> Windows application.
>
> You could try checking for DLL's that MathCad installed in the local Windows
> directory; you might have to copy them to the net Windows directory.
>
> Frankly, I'm not even sure if Win32s has been cleared for release yet.
>
> Rob K

This seems to be the consensus of replies, and in priciple it seems to be true.
Unfortunately, networked Windows seems to be unable to run Mathcad whether
the DLL's are on the local disk or the server disk. This looks like a bug
for me.

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