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Re: Browser in E/D 1.99Q is still unstable



At 06:27 AM 2/12/96 -0600, Richard Steiner wrote:
>I've been finding that about 80% of the hangs I see here in E/D ware
>caused by the browser app in Executor/DOS, usually just before it creates
>the shortcut icons in the icon bar, or just before it displays the
>contents of a folder.
>
>Most freezes occur during the startup sequence, and I've found that
>sometimes I have to restart E/D 5-6 times (and have it freeze 5-6 times)
>before it is successfully able to read and display the desktop.
>
>Hopefully this is being (or will be) addressed before the real release
>of Executor, as the shell should *not* be the source of problems.  It
>makes it frustrating when I'm trying to test a program here because I
>often can't get far enough into Executor to START a new program!
>
>FWIW, this occurs on two separate installations of 1.99Q here, and on
>two different operating systems (PC-DOS 6.3 and OS/2 Warp 3.0 w/FP 17).
>
>-- 
>  -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@skypoint.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
>         Written offline using PC Yarn + Yes + TDE in a Warp VDM
>           4 + 6 = 10.    1 + 1 = 10.    5 + 3 = 10.    7 + 9 = 10.
>
>
Additionally, I have a problem with Executor not liking the number of files 
I have set in the environment.  It tells me that the minimum requirement is 
FILES=30.  NO MATTER WHAT I SET THE FILES TO I GET THE ERROR unless I turn 
off the files check on the command line when starting Executor.

John