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Article #7416Re: Running PD applications
From: Hubert Lai
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 00:02
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 00:02
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In article <1990Dec5.162429.864@cbnewsc.att.com>, jray@cbnewsc.att.com (johnny.r.griffith) says: > > I'm a novice Windows 3.0 user. I've managed to acquire a few > Windows applications from an anonymous FTP site, but they refuse > to run. They exit after producing a message like: > This program requires Microsoft Windows If these reallt are Windows applications, then you should be running them from Windows, and not from DOS or a DOS box. Do NOT create PIFs for true Windows apps. Instead, install them directly into your Program Manager. If you prefer to run them without installing them into ProgMan, then bring up the MS-DOS Executive or File Manager and double-click on the executable. <=- Hubert
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!laih From: LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Hubert Lai) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Running PD applications Message-ID: <90339.190226LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Date: 6 Dec 90 00:02:26 GMT References: <1990Dec5.162429.864@cbnewsc.att.com> Distribution: na Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Lines: 15