On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, "Laurie L Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Bastiaan, > So we have established: > a) in straight DOS "My Computer" is broken. no....it is "Your Computer" and works in MSDOS5.0, DRDOS5.0, DRDOS6.0, MSDOS6.22, OpenDOS7.01, DRDOS7.03, and OS/2DOSv.300andearlier... Bastiaan has something peculiar to his system(s) which no one else on the list is able to duplicate. Are you now telling us that you can duplicate this problem on your computer(s)....??? If so, we need to question you the same way we are starting questioning Bastiaan, so we can nail this problem down, and get rid of it, or make sure WARNINGS are posted around it.. > b) If Arachne is run from a DOS Window in W95 "My Computer" works fine. "My Computer" is only found in Win9x+...."Your Computer" is in Arachne. ...I believe you are talking about the Arachne "Your Computer"....?? ..and is this only on Bastiaan's computer(s) or is it broke on your computer(s), also...?? > c) If the W95 Machine is booted into DOS MODE, and Arachne started > from the command line, "My Computer" is broken. ....is this "Your Computer".. broken on your machine(s), too.?? > d) And proberbly of most interest; If the machine is booted into W95 > quit to DOS prompt and Arachne started from the command line > "My Computer" works fine. We need to clarify this... > It does seem to confirm that post booting into W95, "My Computer" > remains under the evil influence, as previously mentioned > on the list. If this is confirmed, on Bastiaan's machine, and on your machine, then it looks like an incompatibility in the DOS, or at least a difference between the Win9x internalDOS, and the DOS being used outside Win9x What clicking on "Your Computer" or clicking on "\\" or doing an ALT-F2 does is tells Arachne to do a "shell-out-to-DOS" operation. If it fails, that indicates that the underlieing DOS is not accepting the command from Arachne. It does not like the special character used as a command character, or the command is not formatted correctly. But...most DOSes fail "gracefully"...that is, they do not lockup the whole computer/Arachne...they just refuse to do the command, fail, and kick you back into Arachne, or, at worst, to a command prompt with the "Command or filename not recognized" ERROR message... In Bastiaan's case...the underlieing DOS is locking up...no graceful failure.. .......gregy -- This mail was sent by a user of Arachne - The Ultimate Internet Client
