From: Shawn Hargreaves Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP under 95 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:52:43 +0000 Organization: None Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <32E11779 DOT 4D41 AT byu DOT edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: talula.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp >I have justr downloaded Allegro and have gotten it to work, but it seems >that some of the example programs don't run. I'm at the dos prompt >under Windows 95 and when I execute some programs, windows pops p and >says it won't run properly under windows and I should create a shortcut >to it. What exactly does that mean? Is it not possible to create This warning is caused by Allegro reprogramming the timer chip, which win95 thinks may be dangerous. If you ignore the message, the programs should run fine. Alternatively, right-click on the icon for the DOS box you run Allegro programs from, select properties, go to the 'Program' tab, click on Advanced, and clear the "Suggest MS-DOS mode as necessary" box. I've actually changed Allegro's timer code to prevent this message coming up at all, so it will disappear as-of Allegro 2.2. The new version is available from my web page, but be warned: in the process of fixing the timers under win95 I broke the DOS versions, so there is currently some nasty jitter when playing MIDI under DOS. Ah well :-) /* * Shawn Hargreaves - shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk - http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/ * Ghoti: 'gh' as in 'enough', 'o' as in 'women', and 'ti' as in 'nation'. */