Dos Programs

[Redd Fox]

>-----Original Message-----
>Just bought a brand new Dell w/Windows XP. Am trying to
>install a DOS program (Foxbase database for medical
>billing) and getting an error code; program WILL NOT
>install. Contacted Dell - Dell said Windows XP will not
>run DOS programs. Say it isn't so? What do I do now?
>Anyone know if that is a fact and got any solutions?
>Thanks, Roseanne
>.

Have you tried just copying the program to the what used
to be called the root directory and then running the
program after you entered the DOS prompt (which you can
get to from Start, All Programs, Accessories)? That
might work. I don't know. I wrote a little editor when
I had nothing but MS DOS and it still works.

[Philip Herlihy]

There is sometimes a "permissions" issue - some programs are trying to do
things which on XP can only be done with administrative privileges. You can
set a program's shortcut to "run with different credentials" so it prompts
you for a different login when you run it.

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"Redd Fox" > wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just bought a brand new Dell w/Windows XP. Am trying to
> >install a DOS program (Foxbase database for medical
> >billing) and getting an error code; program WILL NOT
> >install. Contacted Dell - Dell said Windows XP will not
> >run DOS programs. Say it isn't so? What do I do now?
> >Anyone know if that is a fact and got any solutions?
> >Thanks, Roseanne
> >.
>
> Have you tried just copying the program to the what used
> to be called the root directory and then running the
> program after you entered the DOS prompt (which you can
> get to from Start, All Programs, Accessories)? That
> might work. I don't know. I wrote a little editor when
> I had nothing but MS DOS and it still works.