Re: MSDOS 5.0 Bebugs WINDOWS!

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From: Brad Willcott
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 14:25

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feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) writes:

>Windows will only start WinWord, Excel and Smalltalk when invoked from
>a floppy version of MSDOS 5.0. All other programs, including Word and
>Quick C, when invoked from the windows program manager, cannot be found
>by windows. All of these programs can be successfully invoked from
>PCDOS 3.3. 

>Anybody know what the problem is?

These programs must be either in your DOS PATH BEFORE starting WIN3, or 
you must give the FULL path to them in the PIF files.  This second option is
the more efficient method, as it keeps you DOS path as short as possible.

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From: bxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott)
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Subject: Re: MSDOS 5.0 Bebugs WINDOWS!
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