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- From: reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert)
- Subject: Re: Quicken for windows
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- Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
- References: <Jan02.221642.17056@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 22:15:56 GMT
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- In article <Jan02.221642.17056@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> tom@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Tom Aurand) writes:
- >Has anyone successfully installed Quicken Version 2 for Windows on OS/2 2.x ?
- >The install program wants to replace .../win*/system/commdlg.dll which is
- >locked/in-use during normal operation of winos2. Manually installing
- >Quicken for Windows does not seem possible with their compression/decompression
- >FILENAME.QZ$ business.
- >
- >Thanks for your help!
-
- I guess I cheated. I renamed the existing .DLL files Quicken went after to
- *.OS2, then did the install. Once the install was done I deleted the new ones
- and renamed the old ones back to *.DLL. I've been using it for awhile now with
- out any (known) adverse affects.
-
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