ml> i know what you mean about "fixing" a working system...

 DH> Yup! :-)

ml> [current DoY]

 DH> Where are you getting DoY from? It's not built into W7.

that's one of the main things that daynbr does.. actually, the main
thing... but i also thought you said that you were able to use
4DOS/4NT/4OS2 (one of them) on your setup...

ml> FWIW: everything, other than the new coding of an app for this, is
ml> all 16bit stuff... everything in BATPOWER that might help you seems
ml> to be but it is possible that i've overlooked something...

 DH> I'd have to recompile it for 64 bit, and that's beyond me.

hunh? maybe... but it seems to me that while 16bit is out, 32bit is in??

ml> does daynbr not run for you any more or is it the shelling to the
ml> called apps that is failing??

 DH> No, it just doesn't run.

ok... and i've also seen that you are running a 64bit OS...

ml> BTW: what version of daybnr do you have?

 DH> 2.1

wow! i've only ever had v1.0... and it has a misspelling in the copyright
if you hadn't noticed :P

where can i get a/the daynbr v2.1 original archive from Ben Baker??

 DH> I'll have to study this stuff -- it's pretty messy, but could be
 DH> turned into an EXE once it's done. Thanks!

if you are talking about my "stream of consiousness" stuff, i
dunno... and i can't fathom why it would need to be an executable... but
then again, i don't run a 64bit OS... and likely won't until a true and
real need is depicted that i cannot refuse...

on that note: the major things seen with going with 64bit stuff is nothing
more than memory usage... 16bit stuff quadruples and 32bit stuff doubles...
other than that, there is no *real* enhancement or capabilities... the main
thing that happens is that memory storage of data doubles when it is
converted to 64bit... it has also been shown that 64bit processing takes a
hit in speed when compared with the same functions in 32bit... but, the
world wants to advance further and the driving forces are storage sizes and
memory usage...

if you have a 64bit machine at your disposal and you want/need to carry on
with your 16bit operations, the only answer these days is to set up a VM...
others have already pointed out the available recovery options... moving
past that is dancing on the razor's edge but someone has to do it ;) -=B-)

i can only hope that my previous postings have offered some assistance and
an answer to your plight... especially since most everything in BATPOWER is
16bit ;)

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