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From:	Aveenia <aveenia AT threethirteen DOT net>
Subject:	a little over whelmed, could use a hand
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I'm just trying to get this to work on Windows XP Professional version 2002 so I can learn C++. I have been an IT professional for many years but have not done that much programming beyond Assembler on an old VAX, (most of my background is in hardware, networking and databases). I've known my way around DOS since that was pretty much all you had on a little PC. 

I started with an older version of the program. It compiled fine but when I tried to run the .exe it said that I didn't have enough memory which is ridiculous for a tiny little test program.

I then deleted the first install and downloaded and installed  all of this:
unzip32.exe          to unzip the zip files         95 kb

v2/copying.dj        DJGPP Copyright info            3 kb
v2/djdev203.zip      DJGPP Basic Development Kit   1.5 mb
v2/faq230b.zip       Frequently Asked Questions    664 kb
v2/readme.1st        Installation instructions      22 kb

v2apps/rhid149b.zip  RHIDE                         2.4 mb

v2gnu/bnu213b.zip    Basic assembler, linker       2.5 mb
v2gnu/gcc32b.zip     Basic GCC compiler            2.4 mb
v2gnu/gpp32b.zip     C++ compiler                  2.5 mb
v2gnu/mak3791b.zip   Make (processes makefiles)    267 kb
v2gnu/txi42b.zip     Info file viewer              725 kb

v2misc/ntlfn08b.zip  NT Long File Name support      25 kb

Then after reading the list archives:
I got the 1.5 snapshot of rhide
I edited my AUTOEXEC.NT
I have the PATH correct in the environment

After all that I'm STILL getting:
On an attempt to Compile "Bad command or file name", "no errors"
If I try to Run it I get "Program Exit Code: 0 (0x0000)"  and it whurfs...er... crashes

I've tried looking at the pages about getting 2.03 and 2.04 as well as the work around pages and I'll be honest, I have no clue which files I need or what exactly I need to do. I know you are all busy but I could use a little hand holding, if only and email stating "download this, that and the other, delete thisOLD, unzip the other and stick that over there" sort of thing... though a bit more specific with file names and such. ;)  

I would really appreciate it if someone could help a girl out, I am totally at a loss at this point.

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