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- From: sean@curry1.austin.ibm.com
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: some gripes about OS/2 2.0
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.175659.26686@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 17:56:59 GMT
- References: <1992Jul19.061100.19096@infonode.ingr.com> <62468@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <62468@cup.portal.com>, ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
- |> > >How the heck do I get more than one windowed DOS box running? If I click
- |> > >on the icon, it keeps popping up the one that's already running.
- Reminds me
- |> > >of similar annoying behavior on the mac.
- |> >
- |> > Go into the system icon and change the default action of what happens when
- |> > you click on an icon that has already been opened.
- |>
- |> This assumes that you like "click again to get another" behaviour. If you
- |> don't, you can make more icons to create DOS windows. You can then easily
- |> start multiple DOS windows, yet retain the "click on the icon to bring back
- |> the window" behaviour.
- |>
- |> --Tim Smith
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- Another option is to add items to your desktop popup menu to start OS/2 and/or
- DOS windows. This is nice if your desktop is already crowded. (Although you
- want to find a little desktop to bring up the menu ;-) ).
-
- Sean
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