Re: DOS window does *not* go to full screen
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de> Sep 29, 2002
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Hello Rudy, thanks for your reply. You wrote: > Juergen Luethje wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I think many of you know this annoying behavior of ex.exe: When running >> it the first time after creating a new small DOS window, it always makes >> the window go to full screen. This problem is described in >> "trouble.htm", >> and has also been discussed here. >> >> On my PC at home (Win 98 1st ed.), this happens too, and I got more or >> less used to it. So I was very surprised, when I run one of my Euphoria >> DOS programs on a PC (Win 98 2nd ed.) at my office, and this problem did >> *not* occur!! >> >> Unfortunately I don't know much about the technical details of PCs. >> Just to get started, I compared some files from the "windows\system" >> folders: >> - conagent.exe >> - conlock.mod >> - redirect.mod >> - winoa386.mod >> This 4 files are identical on both PCs. Pifmgr.dll is also exactly the same file on both computers. >> What could be the reason for the different behavior? Do all of you have >> this problem on Win 98 1st ed., and don't have this problem on Win 98 >> 2nd ed.? Or maybe it's a hardware issue? My hope is, that I can solve >> the problem on my PC at home, just by updating some files. >> >> Regards, >> Juergen > i run win98/se. Aha... -------^^ > move the mouse to start/programs/ms dos prompt BUT > do NOT click on it with the left button. DO CLICK with the right button > to see a menu with 'properties'on it and click that menu selection. > the dos properties window will open up with options on tab sheets. > 'program' and 'screen' is what you want. > 'ok' Sorry, in my previous post I forgot to mention, that I already did that. I chose "normal window" on the "program" tab and "window" on the "screen" tab. This works fine on the computer at my office (win98/se), but not on my computer at home (win 98, *1st* edition)! > later > rudy [...] Regards, Juergen