From:	"Matthias Paul" <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:49:24 +0100
Subject:	Re: TASKMGR
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On 2000-04-11, Florian Xaver wrote:

> If I load programs, which use the sound card or VESA (textmode and
> graphicmode),  taskmgr cannot restore it after switching. I read that you
> can use Win VXD driver. I tried it, taskmgr didn't show any error,
> but it doesn't go.

As you can read in NWDOSTIP.TXT, you can load several Windows 
VxDs under the multitasking TASKMGR using the VXD= directive in 
TASKMGR.INI. You can use multiple VXD= directives in there.
However, TASKMGR's VxD loader was originally designed to load 
networking VxDs and has some limitations. Personally I have made good 
experiences when loading .386 drivers (e.g. WIN32S.386 ;-), but most 
.VXD drivers won't work. TASKMGR will tell you if it succeeded to 
load a driver: It will then display "OK" after emitting the filespec 
when it starts up. If you don't see the "OK", there was an error, and 
the VxD will most probably be non-functional.

Which VxDs are you trying to load?

Matthias

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