Subj : Re: Windows 2000 and legacy programs
To   : Steven.Horn
From : Tony Ingenoso
Date : Wed Feb 21 2001 07:56 pm

From: "Tony Ingenoso" <tonyi@attglobal.net>

Make sure the BAT files are running with the right command processor.  The 
default NT/W2K command shell is more akin to OS/2's CMD.EXE than DOS's 
COMMAND.COM.

You can force stuff into a DOS session by running the W2K COMMAND.COM directly.

<Steven.Horn@harborwebs.com> wrote in message
news:107cf3.55abc0@harborwebs.com...
> Hello All,
>
> As much as I like Windows 2000, I am having a great deal of difficulty in
using
> my Fidonet batch files which worked well under Windows 95 and Windows 98.
In
> particular, the 'Read' batch file I used for my timEd386 which called for
> different actions depending on errorlevel exits no longer works at all.
>
> What am I doing wrong? I upgraded this machine from Windows98SE but I do
not
> have a MSDOS7 directory.
>
> Take care,
>
> Steven Horn (shorn@yknet.ca)
> Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT and CAN_SYSLAW
>
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