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Dos applications under WIN XP

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by nelinho

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Slow DOS Applications

We are still running one DOS application, and we try to get read of IT in a near future , thats what we said every time MS releases a new OS.
We had the same problem with win95 an win2k.
But we manage to solve the problem by
Creating a shortcut to the DOS application on the desktop, and then try by trying to set various levels and types (EMS/XMS) of RAM access for the application. This solve our problem for few years, Now we got XP an we didn't manage yet to get read of the DOS application.

We can open the application but all other windows applications just don't load at all.

ANY Answers to this ?

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by joe

You may have to change the variables in XP. Under system properties\environment variables. We had to do that to run a DOS program on a local machine with XP

by zero2nine

I am new here, so please don't kill me if you know this already. =)

Windows XP has a feature called "compatibillity mode".

If you have the shortcut on the desktop, then try the following.
1) Right-click the shortcut.
2) Select properties(all the way at the bottom of the menu).
3) Choose the "compatibility"-page in the box.
4) Check and enable compatibility, choose Operating System "Windows 95" in the first combobox you see. (You might even want to change the settings below, depending on the type of software you are trying to start).
5) Select "OK"...

The programme should be able to run now, using the icon on the desktop.

Hope to help... and make sense

Best regards
Zero2ninE

NOTE: If it's a game it tries toemulate direct hardware control. It does a rather poor job on audio in games. So don't expect DukeNukem to run smooothly ( been there =)

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