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In a msg of , Andy Roberts writes to Steve 
Mccrystal:
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Andy,
 AR> W32S125B.ZIP  16-Oct-95 18:52   13470
 AR> Contains:
 AR> VW32S.SYS     16-Oct-95 18:52   15073
 AR> WIN32S.LIC    16-Oct-95 18:49    3470
 AR> WIN32S.PKG    16-Oct-95 18:47    1540
 AR> WIN32S.TXT    16-Oct-95 18:50    5573
 AR> I replaced C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS to upgrade from version A to B.
Aha!  Thanks.  This is an OS/w thing.  I was thinking in terms of Windows 
code supporting Win32s.
 SM>> I ask because I downloaded the files to install Win32s level
 SM>> 1.25a for a friend of mine yesterday, and there were 2 files
 SM>> as below
 SM>> 11-23-97 9:19  2,287,698  w32s125.zip
 SM>> 11-23-97 9:34  1,284,585  w32s125a.exe
 SM>> The difference in size between these two and the file you
 SM>> have is quite dramatic! :^
 AR> AFAIK the larger file contains the full library.  Which may NOT
 AR> be necessary, depending on what app you are going to install.
But one or more of them is needed to get support for Win32s in WinOS/2. The 
file you have will not, on it's own, provide such support.  It merely allows 
WinOS/2 to hook Windows Win32s code.
 AR> As I mentioned in a previous msg, some Win95 apps will not run
 AR> under Win-OS2 if you have any version of MS Windows installed on
 AR> your HD.
That's not an issue for me personally -- I have a Win95 partition that I 
rarely use.  I had to do it to help my wife, who is forced to use Win95 a 
work.
 AR> Win95 apps that require Win32s v.1.30 may not run under OS/2 at
 AR> all.
It's a rare app indeed that actually NEEDS v1.30 - at least in as much as it 
*uses* the capability of v1.30.  What Microsoft has forced ISVs to do to 
their code is another matter!
 AR> Some of the MS written Install.Exe for 3rd-party apps have been
 AR> known to contain seek'n'destroy code aimed at any non-MS OS.  So
 AR> be prepared to completely reinstall OS/2.  Maybe dozens of times.
One can only hope that a curent list of such apps would be compiled and 
updated as required!
 AR> But the best solution of all is to use native OS/2 apps.
I agree, and as I said earlier, it isn't an issue for me.  My interest is in 
order to help a friend who needs to run some rather specialized aviation 
software that is only written for Windows.  He wants to run it in WinOS/2, 
tho, since he shares my disdain for things of Microsoft origin.
-[Steve]-
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