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Re: Windows95-Executor/DOS multitasking



At 11:57 PM 4/21/96 -0400, Dave wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>>      A while back, I asked if anyone had succeeded in getting multiple
sessions
>> of Executor to run in Windows 95.  I was just wondering if I should interpret
>> the silence as a "no"?
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong (anyone?) but I beleive that Executor is designed 
>to be have only one occurance running per cpu at any given time.

That's not the problem - the "Single CPU" means that you can't, say, put one 
copy of the executor binary on a network and have multiple machines use it 
at the same time.

The problem with running multiple instances of Executor/Dos (E/L and E/NS don't 
have this problem), is that exsystem.hfv (and possibly other hfvs) are opened 
with a mode that blocks another instance from opening it.  Try this: make 
exsystem.hfv Read-Only. You then should then be able to run multiple sessions, 
_but_, you will not be able to:

        1) Save the browser state
        2) Install programs that add things to the system folders
        3) Save Preferences in programs that use the system directory

Additionally,
        4) You may still have conflicts/corruption if two sessions try to access
           the same hfv (like tmp.hfv, the demos, or your own hfv)

Ian
vmeister@ios.com
http://ios.com/~vmeister/



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