From: Octavio Alvarez Piza 
Subject: 4dos and win95
Date: 1998/03/04
Message-ID: #1/1
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Organization: -=+=- LA CONEXION MEXICANA = TIJUANA, MEXICO -=+=-
Newsgroups: fido.4dos



 -=> Quoting Peter Beeftink to Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <=-

 PB> Saturday February 21 1998 17:50, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote to
 PB> Peter Beeftink: 
 PB>> 1) Compare for instance what you get when you give the command
 PB>> XCOPY /? in a 4dos window, and do the same thing in an MSDOS
 PB>> window. Huge difference!
 
 JP> Not at all.  They are exactly the same.  Exactly the same external
 JP> command (XCOPY.EXE) is being run, after all.

 PB> Nope, they are NOT.  (using win95) in a 32 bit window, XCOPY.EXE
 PB> starts XCOPY32.EXE in turn, and that gives drastically fifferent
 PB> results. (Far more capabilities) 
 PB>> 2) Is there any way that the win95 START command can be retained
 PB>> in a 4dos window?
 
 JP> It already is.  START is not an internal command when 4DOS is run on
 JP> DOS+Windows 95.  You can use the "?" command to verify this for
 JP> yourself.

 PB> Well, mileages vary apparrently.  Because a 4dos window turns out to
 PB> be a 16-bit window, I get the report that "this program cannot be run
 PB> in a dos mode" 
 PB> Still struggling with this.

     I have 4DOS 6.01A here, Win95, and if I use Command Prompt Only or
     MS-DOS Mode, it sure can't be run. BUT if I'm using a SHELL TO
     4DOS/MS-DOS Prompt (whatever I chose) start sure works.

     I don't know what are you referring to by saying "4dos Window"...
     There are three ways to use the prompt (4DOS and MS-DOS) in Windows95:
     Command Prompt Only (BootGUI=0 or F8/Command Prompt Only)
     Shell to 4DOS (Like any other Shortcut or program; running 4DOS.COM/PIF)
     4DOS in MS-DOS Mode (Start/ShutDown/Restart computer in MS-DOS Mode,
                          which runs "Exit to DOS.PIF")

     Now.... Try to paraphrase your explanation to be more accurate...