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Article #11462Re: Looking for MS-DOS 5.0 Compatibility Tricks...
From: Peter Lim
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 11:21
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 11:21
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/ hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) / 8:12 pm Jun 20, 1991 /
writes:
> >Did you remember to reboot after issuing the SETVER command?
>
> If this is really necessary (what I doubt) what shall I do if I have
> one program that needs version 5 and another one that refuses
> to work unless it is running on a specific dos version.
>
> Do I have to boot every time I want to switch between these
> two programs? Great!
> --
>
Nope ! SETVER is program specific. I think the syntax is:
SETVER <setver program directory path> <Your program name> <ver number>
So, SETVER only report an altered version number to the program you
specified. Not to every program.
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