X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: Jim Michaels Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: TRYING TO MAKE EXE RUN ON FRIENDS MACHINE Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:10:21 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.115.70.155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1231747821 22583 127.0.0.1 (12 Jan 2009 08:10:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse AT google DOT com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse AT google DOT com Injection-Info: k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com; posting-host=76.115.70.155; posting-account=05hOMwoAAAB6R8xtiQKzEljSMzgOhVF1 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id n0C8F25Z001542 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Jan 3, 7:17 am, blueice wrote: >  I have used DJGPP for years. The problem is this my executable does > not > run on a VISTA 64 bit machine. Is there a way to make an executable > that > will run on his machine with DGJPP. my machine is XP I want it to run > on other machines. > >   Some have said to use MinGW but I don't want to replace my DJGPP > I would only use MinGW infrequently if I have to go down that path. > I am not as good as I should be on how to set up a batch file or two > that I could execute in the command mode. So that I could tempoarly > change to use MinGW and then another batch file to get back to my > standard DJGPP mode. > > Thanks > Dave My best understanding is that Windows 64-bit OS's do not come with command.com. instead they come with cmd.exe, a 32-bit or 64-bit native shell. If you want to run MS-DOS applicaitons, you are out of luck on 64-bit versions of the OS. try buying a 32-bit OS if you intend to do development or run MS-DOS applications. I am not sure, but I think Vista 32-bit *may* come with command.com - ask a friend who has it or ask someone on the 'net. Another possiblity to run DOS applications that was suggested is VMWARE or other VM (Virtual Machine) software that can run FreeDOS.