XyWin and Win2K paths

[Peter Evans peter@xxxxxxxx]

I've a feeling that the following question is both stupid and frequently
asked. Oh well, here goes anyway.

I'm new to Win2K. The only Xy I use is XyWin (go ahead, laugh) -- and as
far as I can recall XyWin is the only Win 3.1 program I'm running. The
first line of XWSTART.INT is

default dr=

followed by the actual path of XW.EXE (the spelling "dictionary" and
some programs). However, it doesn't seem to work: an attempt to do a
spelling check fails with a message that the spelling dictionary can't
be located, and in order to run a program I have to specify the entire
path on the command line.

What have I overlooked?

Quasi-appendix:

Just out of interest, I tried something I'd never done before: adding
the XyWin subdirectory to the path within Take Command (a splendid
console-mode program) and hitting XW on the command line in that. Xy
appears to start up, but promptly objects:

 Logon is not recognized.
 Please log on.

I've never consciously logged into Xy in my life, but a peep into
XYSTART.INT reminds me that I should type

 LOGIN PETER

I do that and hit F9, but nothing happens: no error message, nothing --
though Xy (or the part of it that has loaded) doesn't hang (I can hit F5
quit F9 and get out).

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Peter "one of these days I'll toss all
this MS stuff in the trash and install
Linux -- but then I'll have even more
questions" Evans peter@xxxxxxxx