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In article <1991May14.080718.4478@agate.berkeley.edu> c60c-2ij@e260-4d.berkeley.edu (Seg fault) writes:
>In article <47416@muvms3.bitnet> smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) writes:
>>In article <1991May7.172619.14418@mccc.edu>, pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) writes:
>>> I don't know what I did but every time I enter WIN, PM comes up
>>> minimized and I would like it to come up maximized.  I've looked through
>>> WINI.INI and SYSTEM.INI and come up with zilch.  Can anyone suggest a
>>> way to reverse this?
>
>>I have read Pete's message and the corresponding responses.  I am 
>>having the same problem and have tried to change my MinOnUse setting 
>>for the program manager. I also do 'Save Changes' when I exit windows,
>>(with the ProgMan expanded) but to no avail. I think our problem is 
>>more esoteric than this.
>>
>>
>>I DO run a software package via the 'run=' command of the Win.Ini
>
>I think your problem lies in the way Windows defaults works. 
>
>If the lines "load=" and "run=" contain nothing, Windows defaults to 
>PROGMAN.EXE and processes it according to the value of the MinOnUse 
>setting. However, if any of those lines (load= & run=) DO contain anything,
>windows just loads or runs those apps and DOES NOT do anything with progman.exe
>and hence, the MinOnUse does not play a role. In order to, run progman, you 
>need to explicitly specify progman.exe alongwith whatever other app you use.
>

I have the same problem. Progman.exe comes up as an icon. Is there
ANY fix for this? If not, this is a genuine bug in Windows.

Anybody out there know the real answer??? Is it possible to not have
progman minimized (with a run=something in win.ini)?

Doug McDonald