24th December 1999

Coming from the "Can't We All Just Get Along" department, Lockergnomie Jack Sanderson found a way to force old applications to behave. Did you have the pleasure of dealing with Windows 3.x? Consider yourself lucky if you answered 'no.' While that outdated OS is still floating around, most of us have moved on to the 9x series. However, we may still be using some older 16-bit programs -- which may not get along with 32-bit Windows. The good news is: you may be able to make those errant apps behave themselves. click the Start button, select the Run command, then type: "MKCOMPAT" (without the quotes). You'll now be able to select the problematic 16-bit program and tweak its settings to better work in a 32-bit environment. Turn on the 'Advanced Options' for extended tweaking.