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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 17:00:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Alexander Odinokov <shura AT mapobank DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Detecting win95: the hard way
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Alexander Odinokov wrote:

> mem /c under Win95/98 lists modules WIN, vmm32,IFSHLP.

Beware: IFSHLP and WIN are also present in Windows 3.11.

> May be scanning of MCB's and detecting such modules is a right approach?

Don't do this on Windows 9X: you have a high probability of looping 
forever.  Many programs that reporte resident modules (e.g., MAPMEM) 
hang in Windows 9X DOS box.

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