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from: Ron Nicholls
date: 1996-12-25 11:13:00
subject: Program Ref Objects

Have stumbled across a weird problem that I didn't encounter in Warp
3.

I installed a dos game (Spycraft- in this case) and created a Program
Reference Oblect for it on the desktop. When I attempt to launch the
game from the icon I get an error box " Cannot start- 'path name etc,
check file is OS2 or DOS, file locked or insufficient memory and so
on.

If I double click the exe file from the open games folder, the
properties note book  opens.

The only way to start the game is from the command line in a dos
window.

The same problem occurs with Fractint, but not Dazzle

I feel that I am missing something obvious here- Any ideas?

Regards RonN
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