1. RE: Some interesting problems
- Posted by sephiroth _ <euman2376 at yahoo.com> May 01, 2001
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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
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> May 01, 2001
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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
- Posted by sephiroth _ <euman2376 at yahoo.com> Apr 30, 2001
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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
- Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Apr 30, 2001
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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
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Apr 30, 2001
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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