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- From m22182@mwunix.mitre.org Tue Mar 5 09:28:58 1991
- To: mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu
- Subject: Zip Manager 3.01
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 91 09:26:55 EST
-
- I was having problems running zip manager 3.01 and found this help
- file by the programmer - don't remember his name off hand and don't
- have a copy of the documentation at my Mac at work. It solved my
- problem (can't run it on a DTK 386). Might be worthwile to post the
- file seperately and to incorportate it in the package. I am running
- 3.0 successfully (but haven't gotten the 3.0W that is referenced.
-
- Duane Hartge
- MITRE
-
- Zip Manager Ver 3.01 Trouble Shooting Help
- ------------------------------------------
- January 18 1991
-
- If you are having trouble getting Zip Manager to work on your computer follow
- these directions exactly. If after trying all of the suggestions listed below,
- you still can't get ver 3.01 to work then you will need to get version 3.0W of
- Zip Manager from our BBS. These directions apply to version 30W also.
-
- The most tech support questions we get are that ZM will start to work,
- open the DOS Window and then come right back. The solutions listed below
- will definitely solve this and every other problem we have encountered with
- most computers. If you try all of the suggestions listed below and ver
- 3.01 still won't work, then call or BBS at 602-375-0531 and DL ZM30W.ZIP
- it is a special version designed for the small percentage of computers
- that just won't work with 3.01 at all.
-
- There is a nasty bug in the windows shell that severely corrupts the DOS
- environment. This bug it often makes it impossible for Zip Manager
- to pass the correct parameters to PKZIP or the other utilities used by
- Zip Manager. Hopefully this bug will be fixed in version 3.1 of windows which
- will be released later this spring.
-
- 1.) Make sure that Zip Manager is in a separate directory, that is NOT under
- Windows. Keep the directory name short. Call it C:\ZM for example.
-
- 2.) Make sure that PKZIP,'UNZIP and the other utilities ARE NOT in the same
- directory as Zip Manager. Place these utilities in an existing directory
- where you keep your utilities, or create a new directory. MAKE SURE that
- the directory is in the path statement of your autoexec.bat file.
-
- 3.) Re-Set your temp= setting in your autoexec.bat to the following:
-
- A: If you have enough ram, create a ram drive, this will help all of
- your windows programs run better. Set your temp= setting to your ram drive.
-
- B: If you choose not to create a ram drive, then create a directory on your
- drive and name it T, the set your temp variable to set temp=C:\T
-
- The object here is to keep the number of characters needed to find your
- files to unzip is kept to an absolute minimum. Since often it is impossible
- to pass more that 12 characters to DOS applications directly from windows
- as Zip Manager does.
-
- 4.) After moving ALL of the Zip Manager files into the new ZM directory make
- sure that you re-set the ZM.EXE location in the program manager to reflect
- the program location change.
-
- 5.) Make sure that Zip Manager is on the same drive as windows. There is
- another bug in windows and the way it loops through previously selected
- drives. Also make sure that pkzip and the other utilities are on the
- same drive as windows and zip manager.
-
- 6.) In the Zip Manager setup menu, REMOVE the drive and path names to the
- file locations. Each field should have the program name only.
- ie: PKZIP should read PKZIP.EXE only, and so on for the other
- utilities.
-
- 7.) On 386DX computers: If you get a strange error message when the DOS window
- opens BE SURE to go into the windows control panel 386 Icon and make sure
- that the exclusive in foreground check box DOES NOT have a check mark in it!
- Windows may tell you that you can't run this program in the background. If
- this happens check the DOS Window Icon for its settings when this error
- occurs. If NEITHER foreground or Background options are selected then
- delete the zmscan.pif and allow ZM to run full screen.
-
- 8.) If you get a strange PIF ERROR such as this program is a high graphics
- program, or can only be run in the foreground, you will need to DELETE
- the ZMSCAN.PIF. It is not mandatory to have it and can prevent ZM from
- functioning on certain computers.
-
- Computers With A Known Incompatibility with Ver 3.01 of Zip Manager
- These computers will need Version 30W of Zip Manager. While some of
- the computers listed below will work with 3.01, most of them won't.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- IBM Model PS/2 70's and Some Model 80's
- IBM Model PS/2 55SX
- Gateway 2000 386 and 286 computers
- ALR 386 Machines
- DELL 386
- Packard Bell 286 and 386 Computers
- DTK 286 and 386 Computers
- Everex Step 386/25
- Some Northgate 386/33 computers
- Some Zeos Computers
- A number of very inexpensive 386 clones with Taiwan made
- Motherboards.
-
- 386 SX Problems and Windows, and Most 286 Computers
- ---------------------------------------------------
- 386 SX Computers and some rare 386 DX computers.
-
- On 386 SX computers windows detects the 386 chip, but then encounters
- a 16 bit datapath instead of the 32 bit found on 386 DX computers.
- This really confuses windows and will prevent you from running the
- ZMSCAN.PIF file as it is supplied with Zip manager. It also will often
- prevent you from running any DOS App in a window.
- You will get an error message that this application must be run in the
- foreground. Another common error message is that you are trying to run
- a high graphics program in a window.
-
- Change the ZMSCAN.PIF to reflect these changes:
- 1.) Set display usage to Full Screen
- 2.) Set Execution to exclusive
- 3.) Or you can delete the PIF file altogether, in which case Zip Manager
- will run the DOS Apps full screen by default.
-
- One Other Strange Windows Bug That Occurs Rarely
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Zip Manager and other WinApps work fine and then suddenly quit
- working completely. I have seen this happen on a rare few computers.
- Zip Manager will work flawlessly for a long period of time and then
- one day will completely quit working altogether. I have had users
- completely re-install windows to correct the problem, but even this
- has failed to work. It seems that somehow windows is remembering
- something and will refuse to work no matter what is done.
-
- If anyone has figured this one out I would love to hear from you. It is the
- strangest thing I have ever encountered.
-
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