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- From: jolly@mountain.gold.sub.org (Thomas Johler)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: A neat idea for speeding up seamless WIN-OS2
- Message-ID: <cnQCrAgLBh107h@mountain.gold.sub.org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 10:03:56 +0100
- References: <1992Nov15.211334.146@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Organization: Mountain, Bavaria
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- In <1992Nov15.211334.146@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >Like most others, I can't stand waiting for seamless WIN-OS2 to start
- >up an application. So I tried the following with much success:
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- >Migrate the WIN-OS2 program manager (C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\PROGMAN.EXE)
- >to a WPS icon. Run it. Program manager pops up. From there, you can
- >launch Windows apps seamlessly and they load quickly, since WIN-OS2
- >never terminates. Program Manager can be minimized (as always) if you
- >want to get it off the screen.
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- This works with ANY other seamlessly-windowed application, as long as you
- don't select the "separate session" checkbox in Win-os2-settings. You can
- start any apllication from WPS as quickly as from ProgramManager as long
- as e.g. windows clock is running.
-
- Cheers,
- Thomas
-
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