I just tried running an AREV 1.16 application under windows 95 from the DOS window with AREV on a zip disk, and it seems to run ok. But when I exit from Revelation the whole computer system hangs. Any ideas how to get around this? Thanks.

Are you running AREV.EXE from a batch file?

Steve

Yes, I am running it from a batch file which looks like:

ECHO OFF

F:

CD\AREV

AREV MUSIC

I just tried it without the batch file, i.e., typing in

the commands directly at the DOS prompt, with the same

result.

F:

CD\AREV

AREV MUSIC

The whole system hangs. Ctrl Alt Del does not bring up

the programs running, and the mouse cursor can not be

moved. If one presses Ctrl Alt Del the second time, it

does reboot, but with no warning that it is about to do

that.

OK, try from your batch file

COMMAND /C AREV.EXE MUSIC

and ensure all command.coms on the disk are

the same size/version with a dir \command.com /s /p

If they aren't then copy the latest version over the earlier ones.

Check that your shortcut memory settings are set correctly.

Steve

Thanks for your suggestions. I checked and I have two command.com's and they are the same. I actually have been running the program from the DOS prompt, i.e. typing "COMMAND /C AREV.EXE MUSIC" as opposed to clicking on the batch file. Again when I exit AREV the PC locks up. I of course have to reboot and go through scandisk while it fixes things.

After checking some documentation on the windows memory settings, I tried running the program by clicking on the batch file, instead of entering the program at the DOS command line, and it seems to run ok, and I can exit successfully doing it this way.

However, this weekend I was at another machine that happened to have a zip drive, and I tried running the program by typing in the command at the DOS command line and it worked there, successfully. It did not lock up on the way out, even running it from the DOS prompt. So I am trying to figure out why it would work at the DOS prompt line at another machine and not mine.

Any ideas on this?

Thanks,

Donn

If you run command.com and then your program, you get the default memory allocation and environment offered by Windows, and no excusivity. If you run from a desktop icon shortcut, you can at least tailor the memory settings to run in modes other than "Auto" , and there are many threads here which discuss what to do.

As for another machine working, this could be (a) different config.sys and autoexec.bat, or (b) different version of Win 95 or © different Windows files courtesy a Microsoft browser release (there were 12+ releases of Win 95 if you included all the patches released via Internet Explorer and Office 95 & 97)

Steve

Thanks for your help. I'll just run it through the icon batch file so I can control what's happening with memory. I'll check the settings on the other machine when I get back to that location again.

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