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Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:08:52 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
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Subject: Re: 1.5.18-1: Crash launching COMMAND.COM (W98)
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Sean Gugler wrote:

> Trying to launch Windows 98 "COMMAND.COM" from bash results in a crash
> dialog that won't go away.  That is, dismissing it results in an
> immediate reposting of the same dialog.

There was a problem with launching 16 bit applications that occured
exactly as you state, but that was fixed around June and went into the
1.5.18 release.  Try a snapshot.

Brian

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