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From ankh.iia.org!ralph.vnet.net!news.sprintlink.net!demon!mreyno.demon.co.uk!Marcus Mon Aug 29 21:47:09 1994
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From: Marcus@mreyno.demon.co.uk (Marcus Reynolds)
Path: ankh.iia.org!ralph.vnet.net!news.sprintlink.net!demon!mreyno.demon.co.uk!Marcus
Subject: Re: COMSPEC WARNING!!!!!
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In article <1994Aug24.005447.29852@csustan.csustan.edu> witort@csustan.csustan.edu (Tim Witort) writes:
> If the /P is put into the COMSPEC setting, FP will always fail in
> attempting to shell out to DOS for a RUN command! File this little
> nit away and add it to your "RUN failure things to check" list.
Now why couldn't you have told me this three years ago. I spent two days
trying to figure out why my RUN kept screwing up, I even called Fox
technical support. They only suggested I ditch DR DOS & downgrade to
a real MS DOS, after keeping me on hold for about 30 minutes. That fixed
it, but only by accident, as MS DOS rewrote my AutoExec.Bat & Config.Sys.
I never went back to my old DR DOS, despite the fact that it was & still
is a damn sight better than anything Microsoft have to offer.
Thanks for telling everybody else anyway.
--
Marcus Reynolds