Re: Running DOS utilities in XP

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Robin Clay wrote:
Hello, John !

I had never heard of that "facility" - but it only allows a choice of Windows versions - and with WIN '95 I got the same result.

...and yet on my DeskTop (also running XP) they work just FINE....


Thanks for responding.


Regards

Robin


"John John - MVP" wrote:

Robin Clay wrote:
"John John - MVP" wrote:

Did you try running it in "compatibility mode"?
Huh ???
Look in your Windows help files for more help. Search for "Compatibility".

John


Regards

Robin


Robin Clay had written:
Greetings !

I have some old (VERY old !) DOS utilities that I still like to use.

Now they don't work on THIS (laptop) computer, running XP, although they still work on my other (desktop) computer, also running XP !

I get an error message ---------------------------------
[filename] VDD. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
Close Ignore
-----------------------------------

"Ignore" doesn't make it work, either !

I seem to remember there used to be a "Version" line I could put in my AutoExec.Bat or MSDOS.Sys that would force use of a previous version....?

Or is there some other way ?


Regards

Robin


I have never seen the compatibility mode work for anything...

are you running the app using cmd or command?

try "command" probably won't work either, but worth a try anyway
.

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