DC>> I'm using 4DOS under WIN98

 ml>> so am i... what version of 4DOS? 98 or 98se?

 DC> It's se.

'k... same here... but what version of 4DOS??

 DC>> When shelling into DOS, I can't use Loadhigh.

 ml>> hunh? "shelling"?? can you be more specific, please...
 ml>> i don't do any "shelling" since moving to real
 ml>> multitasking OS'...

 DC> It is in dropping into DOS from WIN.

hunh? do you mean opening a command prompt window??

 DC>> Generally, the whole system bombs out.

 ml>> blue screen? error message(s)? lockups?

 DC> Lockups!

ugh... could be anything...

 DC>> If I boot to, or re-boot from WIN into DOS, it all works.

 ml>> do you mean choosing "Command Prompt Only" from the boot
 ml>> menu that you get when holding CTRL or F8??

 DC> Both let me access the UMBs   It's when I click on the WIN
 DC> shortcut that all the UMBs report as "used".

hunh? click on the WIN shortcut? windows from within windows?

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