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Windows Run! Version 2.1
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Release Notes
Installation
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Copy WINRUN.EXE and WINRUN.HLP to your MS-Windows directory, or a directory
listed in the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file.
Changes:
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1. Windows Run! is a safe program to use (I use it and Launch constantly), but
I felt it was necessary to add the following important caution and
explanation to the documentation:
CAUTION: Windows Run! should only be used to execute files ending with
PIF, BAT, COM, or EXE. Like many other simple programs of this type,
Windows Run! executes programs using the MS-Windows WinExec() function
call. Consequently, you SHOULD NOT enter a non-executable file name as
the file to be executed. For example, in the Program Manager's
Run Dialog, if you enter "WIN.INI", the Program Manager will run
NOTEPAD.EXE which in turn will load WIN.INI. This works because the
Program Manager uses the [extensions] section of WIN.INI to determine the
associations established for different executable files and their data
files (.INI files are usually associated with notepad). Windows Run!,
Launch, and may other progams DO NOT perform this type of checking, so
attempting to run a non-executable file will produce unpredictable
results -- usually it will either crash Windows or cause a System Integrity
Violation. If you need to specify a data file name, it must follow the
name of the executable file. For instance, entering the text
"NOTEPAD WIN.INI" (not including the quotes) is the safe equivalent to
the above example.
2. To make the above caution more visible (primarily), and to provide some
basic on-line documentation, I replaced the About Box with a call to the
MS-Windows Help System (hence, the new file, WINRUN.HLP).
As my grandfather used to say, "It ain't pretty, but it works."
You have my apologies in advance if you don't like this quick kludge.
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BJ Safdie
Compuserve Account 76066,1212
Jan. 19, 1991