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Article #6900Re: Can't setup applications in Windows Setup
From: Tony Porczyk
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 23:51
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 23:51
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In article <5645@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes: >In article <7935@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lasky@iris.ucdavis.EDU (Ty Lasky) writes: >>Windows, and just use the 'setup applications' option in the menu. >>Unfortunately, whenever I select this option, I get an "unrecoverable >>application error", so I have to add every application manually, using > >Open up the Program Manager and the File Manager simultaneously. Find the >executable files in the File Manager, and just drag them over to a window >in the Program Manager. This will automagically create an icon for them Unfortunately, that doesn't give you the benefits that a well written .pif will give you. I would recommend that you do spend some time when you set up your Windows to write .pif's for each of the applications that you will run under Windows 3.0. I assume that you won't run just Windows apps, but also DOS stuff. Time spent fine tuning .pif's will pay off. Tony tporczyk@novell.com --Std.Disclaimer--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!excelan!tporczyk From: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Can't setup applications in Windows Setup Message-ID: <2371@excelan.COM> Date: 8 Nov 90 23:51:37 GMT References: <7935@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <5645@hsv3.UUCP> Sender: news@excelan.COM Reply-To: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) Organization: Excelan, Inc., San Jose, Califonia Lines: 19