From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:09:31 -0500 (EST)
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To:	Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: [opendos-support] Windows ate its .GRP files?
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On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:

> As I mentioned earlier, I recently installed OpenDOS on my friend's odd
> Gateway machine. Yesterday, while playing Freecell he got a message that
> an application had violated system integrity and needed to be rebooted. When
> he rebooted, all of the icons were gone.
> 
> Looking around, I see all of the .GRP files are now zero length with a
> date and time stamp of about the time Freecell exploded.
> 
> I haven't the foggiest what's going on yet, nor how I am going to fix it.
> However, since the machine never did this with MS-DOS, OpenDOS is the leading
> suspect...

That'll teach him for running programs that "draw pretty
pictures" that do direct screen writes!!!  :o)



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