jray@cbnewsc.att.com (johnny.r.griffith) (12/06/90)
Help, please. 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 I have created PIF files for them using the PIF editor, which are cloned from an existing PIF file. I've tried defining them as program items in different windows, and have tweaked the settings which had suggestive names, to no avail. Could someone offer some suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, J.R. Griffith j.r.griffith@att.com jray@ihlpa.att.com (708) 979-6767
LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Hubert Lai) (12/06/90)
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
doug@hparc0.HP.COM (Doug Parsons) (12/06/90)
No problem. As several people will tell you, you don't run Windows programs from the DOS prompt. You need to run them from within Windows itself. You can do this in Win/3 several ways: 1) From the Program Manager, type alt-F then R (for RUN). Then type in the filename (fully qualified if you're not in the correct directory) of the program you want to run. 2) From the File Manager, 2 ways: a) The same as 1) above, or b) using the graphical representation of your directory, click on the directories to open them and then click on the program file itself, when it is displayed. Have fun. Doug Parsons, Doug@hparc0.hp.com