Re: Getting Xy4Dos Up & Running on T61 with XP-Pro

[Peter Goldberger peter.goldberger@xxxxxxxx]

The shortcut is simply "c:\xy4\editor.exe". I'll try the empty
startup.int if you'll give me an idea of how that will help -- is it to
try to isolate a bad line in the startup? If so, I did read through it
line by line to try to find anything directing Editor to go somewhere
unavailable or the like.  --Peter Goldberger

Harry Binswanger wrote:
> What are the exact contents of your shortcut (under Properties/Program).
>
> Also, try it with an empty startup.int.
>
> I have the Lenovo X61 with the same OS as you. No problem running it.
> Couldn't hurt to check your Path to ensure C:\XY4 is in there--not
> that it really has to be.
> > In a few days I begin an extended trip for the first time since I got
> > my Lenovo T61 with XP-ProSP2. I ordinarily use Xy4Dos on a desktop
> > running Windows 98SE, and have to put the Xy onto the laptop now for
> > the first time. (Then I will add U2.) On the desktop I have all the
> > program files in a \Xy4 directory and documents/work in a \xy
> > directory. I created a c:\xy4 directory on the laptop and copied all
> > the contents of my \xy4 directory from the desktop onto the laptop,
> > and then created a desktop shortcut that goes to c:\xy4 and runs the
> > command "editor".  I see a dos window open and what I imagine is the
> > XyWrite working screen, but only for a second -- and then it shuts
> > down, and I'm back in Windows where I started. Suggestions on what
> > to check, and what settings I might have wrong and where? -- Peter
> > Goldberger, Ardmore, PA
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx