Re: DOS Program freezes in win2k professional
From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 08/08/04
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Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:52:12 -0700
Right, a shortcut is a one kind of link. (The extension, which is
normally hidden, is actually ".lnk".) For reasons unknown, at least to
me, the compatibility tab shows up only in the properties of a shortcut to
a batch file.
THe filesystem type doesn't have any effect on this.
Paul Herzig <paul_a_herzig@raytheon.com> wrote:
> Could you be a little more specific - it is unclear to me
> the location of the compatibility tab from your
> description. My understanding from the MSKB article is
> that the tab is supposed to appear in the SHORTCUT
> properties window.
> Another thought. I saw one of our IT guys this AM, and
> although he is not very familiar with the compatibility
> mode, he wondered if the fact our HD's are formatted as
> NTFS volumes instead FAT was an issue - maybe
> compatibility mode doesn't work with NTFS volumes. Thanks
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The Compatibility tab appears in the Properties of a link
> to a batch file
>>which runs the application. Yes, this is more
> complicated than seems
>>absolutely necessary.
>>
>>
>>Paul Herzig <paul_a_herzig@raytheon.com> wrote:
>>> Well, I tried this, but so far no soap. As near as I
> can
>>> tell, the command, as outlined in the referenced
> article,
>>> was accepted. However, I see no visible evidence of its
>>> success. There is supposed to be a 'compatibility' tab
> in
>>> the shortcut for the program, but it does not appear.
>>> Maybe there is a switch necessary, but the article does
>>> not provide any further insight in this area. The
> command,
>>> as provided in the article is:
>>
>>> regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll
>>
>>> where %systemroot% is the drive and folder in which
>>> windows is installed. I did verify the existence of the
>>> dll and I got a message from the system that
>>
>>> DllRegisterServer in c:\winnt\apppatch\slayerui.dll
>>> succeeded.
>>
>>> when I executed the command.
>>
>>> So, go figure. By the way, I do have admin priveleges
> as
>>> the article describes is required.
>>
>>> Thanks for the help and any other suggestions you have
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>No, I haven't - I was unaware of it's existence - but
>>>>thanks for the reference; I will give it a try.
>>>>
>>>>Stay tuned!
>>>>
>>>>Paul
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>"Paul Herzig" <paul_a_herzig@raytheon.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:0de101c47b1d$2b4e8250$a401280a@phx.gbl:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Any more ideas? thanks everyone
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you tried running in "Compatibility Mode"?
>>>>>
>>>>>The following article applies to SP2 & SP3 -- it may
>>> also
>>>>apply to SP4:
>>>>>
>>>>>"How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode
> Technology
>>>>in Windows
>>>>>2000 SP2 and SP3"
>>>>>
>>>>><http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279792>
-- Gary L. Smith gls432@yahoo.com Columbus, Ohio
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