On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 03:37:02 +0000 Christof Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I had written:
>> I have downloaded M$ Word, version 5.5 for DOS from somewhere.
>> In the setup process I was unable to set up a printer because
>> the setup program can't find the printer drivers.
> Sam, I think you have to run setup from floppy. Certainly you need
> not copy everything to A:, but just the basic files.
Setup is not required to be run from a floppy. When the setup program
fails to find a file, the operator may specify some other path to search.
>> In the zipped archive that I downloaded there are many files having
>> the names of printers and having file extensions of "PR$".
>> I am guessing that these PR$ files somehow contain the printer drivers,
>> but possibly they are compressed by using some proprietary Micro$oft
>> utility. Good guess? If my guess is right, then how can I extract the
>> printer drivers?
> I think this utility is setup.exe
I have SETUP.EXE, but this utility says that it can't find the printer
drivers, regardless of whatever path it uses to search for them.
>> P.S. I am aware that the printer driver files need to have the
>> extension "PRD". Simply renaming the PR$ files so that they would
>> have PRD extensions doesn't work. Tried that.
> PRD, or in the German version DBS are the drivers. There is another
> utility that is probably not included in your download packet
> makeprd.exe. It enables you to customize printer drivers editing a
> readable version of the drivers and compiling new PRD files. If you
> need a particular driver, I could send it to you. I have Word 5.0,
> 5.5 and 6.0, here, the drivers are probably compatible in all
> versions.
I do not have MAKEPRD.EXE. I do have make MAKEPRD.EX$. If you would
please send to me MAKEPRD.EXE for Word 5.5 I might be able to complete my
setup.
Thanks for your response, Christof, and thanks also to Glenn Gilbeath, Jr.,
who also sent a helpful reply.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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