[Discussion] Corel 4 Install on ECS Problem

[Thomas Clayton]

BTW, just re-reading your letter a thought came to me:

Did you uiinstall - do these NEED Win32S versions HIGHer than qwhat
comes with OS/2 and its FPs?

TomC


--- jim.scott at scottelectronic.com wrote:

>  
> HI all, 
>  
> Help Help!! 
>  
> Please read carefully... 
>  
> I had to install a new system on my computer.  I added a 4.3GB
> hard-drive, installed ECS 1.2 flawlessly on Drive F:.  I have
> access to all files on   
> the os/2 Warp 4 Drive C: and all the data on Drive D; 
>  
> I have some Win 31 apps that ran just fine on Warp 4 for years. 
> I tried running Corel, and it failed, so I installed both Corel 3
> and Corel 4   
> without a hitch onto Drive F. 
>  
> Same problem persists :-(   When I try to start any of the Corel
> apps it hangs after the Corel logo appears. The hourglass remains
> and the CPU usage   
> goes to 100%.  I have to use <CTRL><ESC> to get to the window
> list task menu to close the the entire window 3.1 session.  I
> cannot *just* close Corel   
> 4. 
>  
> There is an empty temp file generated each time. 
>  
> [F:\os2\mdos\winos2\system]dir f:\temp 
>  
> The volume label in drive F is HUNTER_ECS_. 
> The Volume Serial Number is 695D:6C15. 
> Directory of F:\temp 
>  
>  8-06-06  1:25p         <DIR>      0 ----  . 
>  8-06-06  1:25p         <DIR>      0 ----  .. 
>  8-06-06  1:25p             0      0 a---  ~MM735E.TMP 
>  8-06-06  1:32p             0      0 a---  ~MM7D50.TMP 
>  8-06-06  1:29p             0      0 a---  ~MM93C0.TMP 
>  8-06-06  1:28p             0      0 a---  ~MMB76C.TMP 
>  8-06-06  1:28p             0      0 a---  ~MMC02E.TMP 
>  8-06-06  1:27p             0      0 a---  ~MMCC5A.TMP 
>         8 file(s)      12,800 bytes used 
>                     2,886,415 K bytes free 
>  
> [F:\os2\mdos\winos2\system] 
>  
>  
>  
> Finally, to be sure it wasn't the Winos2 on ECS, I copied a few
> necessary DLL and OLB files to the winos2\system directory, and
> succeeded in running   
> EXCEL for Win 31 located on Drive C:  - BTW, it looks good with
> the SCITECH SNAP graphics driver running 1280x1024 with a Matrox
> Millenium. 
>  
> I run 2gbfix in Autoexec so to keep windoze happy. 
>  
> I'm in a time crunch - so what have I missed! It looks like it
> should go, and has to be some simple thing I've forgotten! <Heavy
> Sigh>  
> 
> 
> Peace,
> 
> Jim Scott
> 
> ----------------------------
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> The undiscerning mind is like the root of a tree; 
> It absorbs equally all that it touches, 
> even the poison that would kill it.
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