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- 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
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