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Re: Unloading smartdrv.exe

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From: rice
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 01:56
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In article <markt.0ucg@terapin.com>, markt@terapin.com (Mark Townsend) writes:
>     Does anyone know of a way to unload Windows 3.1's
> smartdrv.exe?  I've tried several mark & release utilities,
> but after I release, I get garbage or nothing for directories
> (At which point I re-boot because I don't want to kill
> the FAT. Done that before....).

Why do you want to unload it? It works equally well for DOS apps. The only
time I disable smartdrv on a drive is to run Norton's Speed Disk (de-fragment
the drive), then I turn it back on. This can be done with command line options
as described in the Windows 3.1 book, on a drive by drive basis (you could
disable all drives with a bat file).

Otherwise, the only option is to REM it out of Config.sys and re-boot.


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