On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:46:29 -0800, you wrote: > Hi all 'your computer' devotees:
>> Hi Bastiaan, >> So we have established: >> a) in straight DOS "My Computer" is broken. >> b) If Arachne is run from a DOS Window in W95 "My Computer" works fine. >> c) If the W95 Machine is booted into DOS MODE, and Arachne started >> from the command line, "My Computer" is broken. >> 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. >> It does seem to confirm that post booting into W95, "My Computer" >> remains under the evil influence, as previously mentioned >> on the list. > Points a,b, and c are correct on my machine (W98), but point d > is not! I thought 'your computer' worked fine after running > widows, just as you suggest, but there are still problems--try > hitting the 'enable/disable icons' button and I think your > system will freeze; Ok Ray I've just checked the above 'enable/disable icons' works fine. I can move about using the icons, and rescan drives. > ditto if you hit the double arrow 'reload' ikon. Checked that too - It work's fine in 1.71UE01 on my machine. > It seems that after arachne has been run under windows, she > somehow saves a snapshot of all drives; when you reboot to DOS, > this existing snapshot is accessed when you first hit > 'your computer', so things look fine; but when you ask her to > reexamine the drives (as by hitting the reload ikon), > you find that she hangs exactly as before. The reason I think > this bug should be easy to fix is that, even under DOS, *all* > the drives on my machine can be accessed one at a > time--FAT32, CDROM, ... all of them. They just > can't be *listed* all at the same time. Can you guys/dolls > confirm or refute this? > Ray Andrews, > Vancouver, Canada bie Laurie -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
