Re: when we run DOS progs from within Win-OS/2...

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From: pifus David A. Taylor
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 15:28

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In <D294p6.JoG@info.bris.ac.uk>, des@pact.srf.ac.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
>Barry A Barr (barry@mcs.com) wrote:
>: >When we run DOS programs from within Win-OS/2, a new and
>: >different session of Virtual DOS machines is opened upon
>: >WorkPlaceShell in the version 2.11. Is this still the case
>: >with Warp? If so, some Windows programs which call DOS
>: >programs background has not worked on Win-OS/2 still. Eg,
>: >archive managers like WinZip when it picks up LZH files.
>: >Will this trouble be fixed?
>

If you turn off DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION from the Win-OS/2 settings
page, Windows programs which shell to DOS should work.

Dave

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