a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore) (01/24/91)
> dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu writes: > > I noticed while reading through the Desqview documentation that > it needs to have command.com in the root directory of the boot > disk. Does this mean that it won't work with 4Dos? Just thought > I'd check before I ordered my copy. DESQview and 4DOS work great together - I've been using them both for some time now. -- +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | cthulhu@{arkham.UUCP|arkham.wimsey.bc.ca} | He who has had has been | | {uunet|ubc-cs}!van-bc!cynic!arkham!cthulhu | but he who has not been | | jono_moore@{mindlink.UUCP|cc.sfu.ca|sfu.bitnet}| has been had. | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (01/25/91)
I noticed while reading through the Desqview documentation that
it needs to have command.com in the root directory of the boot
disk. Does this mean that it won't work with 4Dos? Just thought
I'd check before I ordered my copy.
-dh
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+-In article <1991Jan24.191946.1@cbrown.claremont.edu>, | dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) wrote: | | I noticed while reading through the Desqview documentation that | it needs to have command.com in the root directory of the boot | disk. Does this mean that it won't work with 4Dos? Just thought | I'd check before I ordered my copy. | +---------- No, DESQview works fine with 4Dos. However, DESQview appears to pay no heed to the COMSPEC environment variable, which is why it needs COMMAND.COM in the root directory of the boot disk. You'd think that you'd have complete control of whether DESQview used COMMAND.COM or 4DOS.COM, but that's not true. You can change the "Big Dos" and "D1" and "D3" programs to run 4DOS.COM (and in fact I recommend it) but those are not the only places that DESQview will load a command processor. You see, if the program you're loading doesn't have a complete path specified, or doesn't have a .com or .exe extension, DESQview loads a command processor. Since it apparently doesn't pay attention to COMSPEC, it always goes to COMMAND.COM in the root of the hard disk. So, to answer your question, it works just dandy, except that you won't always be using 4DOS. Now that you've brought the subject up, I think I'll call it in to QOS technical support. I'm sure they've heard it before, but it can't hurt to let them hear it again. -- larry hastings, the galactic funkster, funkstr@ucscb.ucsc.edu I don't speak for Knowledge Dynamics or UC Santa Cruz, nor do they speak for me "It's Fonzie with Tourette's syndrome!" --Dennis Miller on Andrew Dice Clay
ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.191946.1@cbrown.claremont.edu> dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes: }I noticed while reading through the Desqview documentation that }it needs to have command.com in the root directory of the boot }disk. Does this mean that it won't work with 4Dos? Just thought }I'd check before I ordered my copy. DESQview works just fine with 4DOS as the primary shell here.... Versions 1.x required COMMAND.COM in the directory from which DV was invoked, but that was a long time ago. Versions 2.00 through the current 2.32 will use COMSPEC to find the shell. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/3.1 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? Did | It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's I claim something?| what we know that ain't so. --Will Rogers
drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.191946.1@cbrown.claremont.edu> dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes: > I noticed while reading through the Desqview documentation that > it needs to have command.com in the root directory of the boot > disk. Does this mean that it won't work with 4Dos? Just thought > I'd check before I ordered my copy. I solved this issue by moving command.com out of the root directory, then I copied 4dos.com to the root directory and renamed it command.com. So far I haven't experienced any failures. BTW I'm glad I registered my copy of 4dos--it's well worth it! A happy 4dos user ;-) -- DISCLAIMER: I, hereby, disclaim any disclaimer except this disclaimer. +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | David Rackley | Now comes the really weird part...You know | | Applied Research Laboratories | the part where I know how to tap dance, but | | The University of Texas | only while wearing golf shoes... | | Austin, TX. 78758 | ...Ponderous, man, really ponderous! | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+