derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan) (04/01/91)
Apologies if this is appearing for the second time; I didn't get a local confirmation the first time. I have a problem with Win 3, and PIF files not working. I have just installed Windows on a Z-386SX, with 3MB of memory. Windows loaded fine, and seems to work OK, until I try to run a non-Windows app from either the iconized PIF file, or the PIF file from File Manager. I get the "No Association Exists for this file" message. If I set the icon to the .EXE file, it works OK, but I need PIFs for some other things. Here's the real puzzler; the PIF files that Windows sets up for applications using Windows Setup don't work either. Word 5.0's PIF gives me the same error. Any answers, guesses, or "I've seen this before" from anybody are greatly appreciated. I'm supporting a user who is wondereing why she can't use Windows 3.0 the way she did Win386 2.xx. Progress, I told her. She doesn't believe me. ZZZZZZZ. (derek@wubios.wustl.edu)
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (04/03/91)
>Windows loaded fine, and seems to work OK, until I try to run a non-Windows >app from either the iconized PIF file, or the PIF file from File Manager. I >get the "No Association Exists for this file" message. If I set the icon to >the .EXE file, it works OK, but I need PIFs for some other things. Make sure you have a line that says Programs = exe com bat pif in your win.ini file. Its usually about five lines below the run= and load= lines. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Sanjay Aiyagari) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr1.152745.29629@wubios.wustl.edu>, derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan) writes: > Apologies if this is appearing for the second time; I didn't get a local > confirmation the first time. I have a problem with Win 3, and PIF files not > working. I have just installed Windows on a Z-386SX, with 3MB of memory. > Windows loaded fine, and seems to work OK, until I try to run a non-Windows > app from either the iconized PIF file, or the PIF file from File Manager. I > get the "No Association Exists for this file" message. If I set the icon to > the .EXE file, it works OK, but I need PIFs for some other things. > > Here's the real puzzler; the PIF files that Windows sets up for applications > using Windows Setup don't work either. Word 5.0's PIF gives me the same error > Any answers, guesses, or "I've seen this before" from anybody are greatly > appreciated. I'm supporting a user who is wondereing why she can't use Window > 3.0 the way she did Win386 2.xx. Progress, I told her. She doesn't believe me Check the Programs= line in the WIN.INI file. It should say Programs=com exe bat pif but if by some chance the "pif" is omitted, then Windows will think PIF files are data files and not programs to be run. Sanjay Aiyagari (hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)