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id m0uXIrt-0007u7C; Fri, 21 Jun 96 20:56 MDT Received: from mypc.indy.tds.net (roin2-a10.indy.tds.net [204.246.14.139]) by madison.tdsnet.com (8.6.12/CICNet) with SMTP id VAA26196; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:54:25 -0500 Mime-version: 1.0 Message-id: <199606220254.VAA26196@madison.tdsnet.com> Cc: executor@ardi.com Subject: Re: E/D in Win95 TIP!! To: Michelle Pankowski <d9060469@helios.usq.edu.au> X-mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 From: Gene Michael DeClark <gdeclar@indy.tds.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-sender: gdeclar@mail.tds.net Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:54:25 -0500 Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com Precedence: bulk At 10:16 PM 6/21/96 +1000, you wrote: >With a shortcut on my desktop to the executor.exe >file and the following "Properties" set, you can't >go wrong (even with 8 meg of ram). > >The "Memory" tab; > >Conventional Memory-Auto >Initial Environment-Auto >Expanded(EMS)memory-None >Extended(XMS)memory-None >MS-DOS protected-mode(DPMI)memory-13312 > >And these command line switches; >eg: c:\executor\executor.exe -nosplash -nosound -applzone 5m > Other things that help Executor run more smoothly: The "Misc" tab: Disable Allow screen saver (After Dark likes to freeze Executor... took me quite a while to figure out what was going on.) Also set Idle sensitivity all the way to Low. The "Screen" tab: Set Executor to run Full-screen (saves Windows 95 from figuring this out of its own, which often causes Executor to be minimized... some graphics cards have a hard time restoring from this.) The "Program" tab: Check on Close on Exit (takes one step out of your day.) Also, I should point out that the DPMI setting above may not apply to everyone. With a computer with 8 Meg memory, for instance, setting DPMI at 13 Meg can cause more complex programs (like Word and HyperCard) to crash Executor. Running executor -info will tell you how much DPMI memory you should specify. (I'm also a bit confused as to why the DPMI memory was set so much higher than the -applzone... you might as well have left it on Auto since the way you have it, you're telling Executor you have 13 Meg of DPMI memory, which you really don't, but you're using only 5.75M total DPMI memory, which you probably do have.) I mean, I've gotten Executor to think it has 60 Meg RAM available to its applzone, but probably 1/3 of my apps baulked at this. Ultimately, increasing the DPMI setting allows you to set a higher -applzone, which is why you've likely not had problems (with your applzone set well into normal range for an 8 Meg system.) I just wanted to point out that setting both the DPMI setting and the applzone setting higher than what executor -info tells you is available can cause Executor to crash and burn. I would suggest leaving DPMI on Auto as well. --Gene