1. RE: Some interesting problems
dstanger at belco.bc.ca wrote:
> By chance I have a copy of MS-DOS ver 5.0 user guide (600+ pages!!!!!)
> so I am on my way to where the fun never ends. Wish be luck.
um...that book is crap. get a REAL book like the 1251 page DOS Power
Tools. not sure where you could find that book as it was published in
'88, but THAT book taught me all about DOS!
2. RE: Some interesting problems
On 1 May 2001, at 14:42, sephiroth _ wrote:
>
>
> dstanger at belco.bc.ca wrote:
> > By chance I have a copy of MS-DOS ver 5.0 user guide (600+ pages!!!!!)
> > so I am on my way to where the fun never ends. Wish be luck.
>
> um...that book is crap. get a REAL book like the 1251 page DOS Power
> Tools. not sure where you could find that book as it was published in
> '88, but THAT book taught me all about DOS!
I used several editions of the Microsoft MS-DOS Programmer's Reference
books. Also, look for any computer language (pascal, turbo pascal, C, turbo
C, etc) book for dos from the late 70's to early 80's.
Kat
3. RE: Some interesting problems
Chris Bensler wrote:
> Here's what you do..
>
> while holding the SHIFT button, right click on any EX file and select
> open with.. not open
>
> that will allow you to reassociate your EX file..
>
> instead of browsing for the EX.exe
> just type it in the the edit box at the top of the dialog window..
> you shouldn't need the path if you set up your environment variables
> right. Just ex.exe should be ok..
um, that box is for the _description_ of the file
4. RE: Some interesting problems
sephiroth _ wrote:
>
> Chris Bensler wrote:
> > Here's what you do..
> >
> > while holding the SHIFT button, right click on any EX file and select
> > open with.. not open
> >
> > that will allow you to reassociate your EX file..
> >
> > instead of browsing for the EX.exe
> > just type it in the the edit box at the top of the dialog window..
> > you shouldn't need the path if you set up your environment variables
> > right. Just ex.exe should be ok..
>
> um, that box is for the _description_ of the file
>
>
On Win98 the popup menu changes when you hold
the 'shift' key down so you can select
'open with'
to reassociate files like Chris was saying.
It makes it fast and easy.
Win95 might not have this feature?
Good luck with it.
--Al
5. RE: Some interesting problems
On 30 Apr 2001, at 18:22, Al Getz wrote:
>
>
> sephiroth _ wrote:
> >
> > Chris Bensler wrote:
> > > Here's what you do..
> > >
> > > while holding the SHIFT button, right click on any EX file and select
> > > open with.. not open
> > >
> > > that will allow you to reassociate your EX file..
> > >
> > > instead of browsing for the EX.exe
> > > just type it in the the edit box at the top of the dialog window..
> > > you shouldn't need the path if you set up your environment variables
> > > right. Just ex.exe should be ok..
> >
> > um, that box is for the _description_ of the file
> >
> >
>
> On Win98 the popup menu changes when you hold
> the 'shift' key down so you can select
> 'open with'
> to reassociate files like Chris was saying.
> It makes it fast and easy.
> Win95 might not have this feature?
Hold shift and right click on icon and the "open with" is added to the menu in
win95, i just did it. Then in the "pick a program to open it with" box, you can
click on "always use this to open these files".
Kat
