Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/07/23/11:56:01
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Robert Davis wrote:
> I recently used the zip picker to download all the files I need to run djgpp
> I installed it on my gateway solo 1150 celeron 700 with 64 mb of ram and
> running windows ME. when I added the required lines to my autoexec.bat rhide
> and the other programs for djgpp ran fine but when I try to long onto the
> internet WITHOUT djgpp running I got "Explorer casues and error inw
> WS2_32.dll" this happened with several other programs such as rnanpp.dll.
> After I removed the lines in my autoexec.bat and rebooted every thing worked
> as normal, except that I can no longer use the help and other utilities in
> rhide. I did the same installation on a machine at work that is running
> Win98SE and there were no problems, so I suspect it is a conflict between
> djgpp and WinME
> Does anyone know a solution to this. I really would like to use djgpp at
> home
IIRC, this is the first time someone reports such a problem.
I suspect that your settings in autoexec.bat were incorrect; e.g., you
might have modified PATH so that Windows programs could no longer find
the DLLs they need.
In any case, I'd suggest to not make your DJGPP-related settings global in
in autoexec.bat, but instead make them local to the DOS box. To this end,
put those settings into a separate batch file, and then change the
Command Line property of the DOS box to say this:
command.com /e:2000 /k c:\djgpp\djgpp.bat
where djgpp.bat is the batch file with DJGPP-related settings (PATH, the
DJGPP variable, etc.). Note that the above assumes you put this batch
file in the C:\djgpp directory; change as approriate for your system.
This method has only one drawback: you will have to invoke RHIDE from the
DOS box, not by clicking on its icon or its name in My Computer. But
invoking RHIDE from a DOS box is the recommended procedure anyway.
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