Mail Archives: opendos/2003/11/27/22:33:21
I too gave up on "taskmgr" a long time ago. It seems unstable on some
systems, mine included.
Instead, I use an editor that can open several files at once (BP7's IDE
in fact), then switch between files (full size windows) or display more
than one file at a time (reduced size windows). I think FreePas' IDE
can also do this.
Of course, "windows" is used here in its true and original sense, not
referring to that Windoze trademark that was somehow obtained from
the US Trademark & Patent Office (or whatever they call themselves),
even though this was against the trademark rules.
Leonard's statement that "anything running in any DOS" can only
use 640k, is not true of course, it is only true for some applications.
But as a FreePas user, you would already know this.
As for your directory problem, try ScanDisk under Windoze (if you
can), no other option from M$ will fix LFN errors, only report them.
Another possibility is Odi's LFN Tools, you may be able to use
one of them to sort out this LFN mess. (Can't remember the URL,
but it should be easy to find with Google, et. al.).
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shadow AT shadowgard DOT com [SMTP:shadow AT shadowgard DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:12 AM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: several technical problems
>
> On 27 Nov 2003 at 22:05, DONALD PEDDER wrote:
>
> > 1. I could never get taskmgr to work properly on this computer - that
> is,
> > until I saw someone mention "taskmgr /s", which got it going (this was a
> > new option since I'd used the previous version). However, I am still
> > having a problem with it.
> > I can get several sessions started, but if I try to swap sessions
> while
> > one of them has the editor loaded, I get "exception 6", and the session
> > crashes. The reason I use several sessions to start with is so that I
> can
> > edit/reference several files at a time, so needless to say this problem
> > means I still can't use taskmgr for what I want it for.
>
> I gave up on taskmgr a long time ago. Try finding a
> copy of QEMM/Desqview.
>
> > 2. I am using bitcom as my dial-up software. It has an option to drop
> back
> > down into DOS, but several things that I try to do (like using the
> editor)
> > tell me "insufficient memory", even though I have 64Mb of memory (and I
> > ran this software okay when I only had a 386).
>
> Remember, as far as anything running in *any* DOS is
> concerned, you hsave no more than 640k of RAM (768
> if you play certain games).
>
> So unless it knows how to swap to EMS/XMS, and you
> have enough set aside for that task, there *isn't*
> enough RAM.
>
> > 3. I have a problem which is isolated to the root directory on one
> > partition. I notice that Windows has touched it (despite my efforts to
> > keep it clean). It has a "recycled" directory in there, and I'm unable
> to
> > clear it out with deltree (deltree says no such file exists, but it's
> > there if I do a "dir /s"). This may or may not be relevant.
>
> The recycled directory has the "hidden" attribute
> set. This confuses a lot of DOS programs.
>
> > Anyhow, when I want to use the editor in this directory I get
> "internal
> > error 82". I also get it if a do a "type filename|more", however it
> works
> > with just "type filename" (which is no good for multi-page files). Ditto
> > if I try to re-direct. For a while I was able to get around the editor
> > problem by deleting the .$$$ files, but that no longer works. I am able
> to
> > edit my files if I move them to another directory. Any ideas on how to
> > clear up this directory? (I'd rather not re-format if it can be avoided)
>
> Well, you should move any files you need to another
> directory, then remove the hidden attribute (use the
> attrib command) and then remove the directory.
>
>
> --
> Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
> shadow at krypton dot rain dot com
>
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