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How do you run a legacy program in Win2k

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by james lowe

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I have a stubborn legacy program that runs out of environment space in Win2k.

In Win 3.x setting the files=50 in the config.sys solved the problem.

In Win 9x files=150, problem solved.

So what is the fix in 2k. As much I would like melting down the legacy program is NOT an option.

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by corewarrior

Many TSR programs will not run in windows2000.You will have to test it to find out.That said,Run-click on the application you wish to run.Select Properties and from here you can configure the Dos enviroment for this application.There are six tabs.General,Program,Memory,Screen,Font and Miscelaneous.Go to Program tab,Advanced button to adjust the enviroment.

by james lowe

Thanks, you got me 80% of the way. I also had to add: "SHELL=C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\COMMAND.COM /P /E:2048 /F" to the config.nt file

J

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