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

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> The shortcut is simply "c:\xy4\editor.exe".

Might try entering something in working directory--either c:\xy4 or c:\xy

Also, is Run set to Normal Window?

Other settings (for other Properties tabs) are somewhere in the Xy Archives.
It occurs to me belatedly that the obvious first thing to try is getting a
DOS prompt, CD-ing to C:\Xy4 and launching EDITOR.EXE from there.
If that doesn't work, seems like it must be your STARTUP.INT, so to debug
it (even though you think it's ok), try an empty one and add things back
until it works. You can comment out all the lines by preceding each with a
;*; then erase them in sequence. But the first thing to try is launching
EDITOR from a regular DOS prompt.
> 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


Harry Binswanger
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