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Re: E/D in Win95 TIP!!



At 10:16 PM 6/21/96 +1000, you wrote:

>With a shortcut on my desktop to the executor.exe
>file and the following "Properties" set, you can't
>go wrong (even with 8 meg of ram).
>
>The "Memory" tab;
>
>Conventional Memory-Auto
>Initial Environment-Auto
>Expanded(EMS)memory-None
>Extended(XMS)memory-None
>MS-DOS protected-mode(DPMI)memory-13312
>
>And these command line switches;
>eg: c:\executor\executor.exe -nosplash -nosound -applzone 5m
>
Other things that help Executor run more smoothly:
The "Misc" tab:
Disable Allow screen saver (After Dark likes to freeze Executor... took me
quite a while to figure out what was going on.)  Also set Idle sensitivity
all the way to Low.
The "Screen" tab:
Set Executor to run Full-screen (saves Windows 95 from figuring this out of
its own, which often causes Executor
to be minimized... some graphics cards have a hard time restoring from this.)
The "Program" tab:
Check on Close on Exit (takes one step out of your day.)

Also, I should point out that the DPMI setting above may not apply to
everyone.  With a computer with 8 Meg memory, for instance, setting DPMI at
13 Meg can cause more complex programs (like Word and HyperCard) to crash
Executor.  Running executor -info will tell you how much DPMI memory you
should specify.  (I'm also a bit confused as to why the DPMI memory was set
so much higher than the -applzone... you might as well have left it on Auto
since the way you have it, you're telling Executor you have 13 Meg of DPMI
memory, which you really don't, but you're using only 5.75M total DPMI
memory, which you probably do have.)  I mean, I've gotten Executor to think
it has 60 Meg RAM available to its applzone, but probably 1/3 of my apps
baulked at this.  Ultimately, increasing the DPMI setting allows you to set
a higher -applzone, which is why you've likely not had problems (with your
applzone set well into normal range for an 8 Meg system.)  I just wanted to
point out that setting both the DPMI setting and the applzone setting higher
than what executor -info tells you is available can cause Executor to crash
and burn.  I would suggest leaving DPMI on Auto as well.


--Gene