> I'm running DP 2.6Y with Tameview 4.5.2, under Win 7 home 32 bit. I've had no > problems > except that I can't get my DP icon to show the "picture". I set my window > size in DP, using the > properties menu to set the font size. It sticks. > > Don
I had the same problem and found it here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/windowsseven.html#icon Desktop shortcuts for DOS-based programs running under Windows 7 display only a blank generic icon, as in the example shown here. When editing the properties sheet of a desktop shortcut, you can select any icon you like, and the icon that you select will appear in the General tab of the properties sheet, but it will not appear on the Seven desktop. Only the generic icon will actually appear on the desktop. This problem can be worked around in either of two ways: Either (a) Create a batch file that runs the DOS-based program, create a shortcut to the batch file, and assign a custom icon to the shortcut. (For detailed information on creating and changing shortcuts, see another page on this site.) This workaround may cause minor problems in memory management, etc.; further information will be posted here when it becomes available. (But see the note elsewhere on this page about batch files under Windows 7.) Or (b) Right-click on the Windows desktop (Wait! What exactly does "right- click" mean?); select New from the pop-up menu, then Shortcut; enter cmd.exe when prompted to enter the location of the item; type a name such as "WPDOS" when prompted to type a name for the shortcut; click Finish; right- click on the resulting shortcut and choose Properties; on the Shortcut tab, in the Target field, do not change what you see there, but carefully move the cursor to the right of cmd.exe, type a space, then the following text (replacing c:\wp51 with the actual location of WPDOS on your system): /c c:\wp51\wp.com (note very carefully that this begins with a forward slash, then the letter "c", then a space, then a directory location), then click on Change Icon and change the icon as described below. And I am wondering how to enlarge the DP screen?
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