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Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore

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From: Keith Collyer
Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 00:00

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On 7 May 1995 19:12:08 GMT Chris Romano (c.romano) wrote:

: >
: >>For no apparent reason, one of my clients has lost the ability to run any of
: >>his windows applications. Whenever he tries to launch a windows based
: >>application, or a win-os2 window or full screen session, the hard drive
: >>is accessed for about a half second, and then nothing. 
: >


: I also had this problem... I think it happened after re-configuring my
: Video Card under windows (ATI Mach64).

: I tried the Selective Install option to re-install the OS/2 video
: support, but it didn't fix the problem. Finally I just re-installed
: (again from Selective Install) the WIN/OS2 support, and this resolved
: the problem.

[snip]

I had this happen and it turned out that I had mistakenly done a display
driver install to the wrong drive, and the PATH statements in AUTOEXEC.BAT
and in CONFIG.SYS had been changed to point to the new drive.  Changed them
back, and all was fine again.

--
Keith Collyer [TeamOS/2 UK]
Love is a matter of chemistry
Sex is a matter of physics
But kinkiness requries engineering

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From: keithc@bontfaen.hel.co.uk (Keith Collyer)
Subject: Re: HELP - can't run windoze apps anymore
Date: 1995/05/12
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