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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 30/09/2015 13:07, Todd Vargo wrote:
I'm assuming that you mean that there are no scrollbars or border or titlebar visible, Todd. Nothing to assume. I said, "full screen". The microsoft link says it's not possible on Windows 7 - but there could be a video driver which you are using which supports it. That info is misleading. Its intended for Vista and Win 7 64-Bit users. The document states 32 bit. Microsoft cocks up stuff in their tech data too, but I confirm that it was on a 32 bit Win 7 and 32 bit Win 8.1 system and neither will enter full screen mode. Can you please advise which video card you are using and driver release version? Its the Dell Dimension 3000 on board video, and the driver is Microsoft's Standard VGA Adaptor installed by Windows 7 setup. Nothing fancy. No Dell drivers installed. You probably don't want to play in this way - but if you loaded Dell drivers, would it still go full screen? A full image backup is the only safe way to test, and get back to where you are. Please confirm that you tested in a non-virtual, 32-Bit installation. Yes. Ditto in Vista 32 bit physical machine, unless I'm becoming senile. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 30/09/2015 13:17, foxidrive wrote:
I confirm that it was on a 32 bit Win 7 and 32 bit Win 8.1 system and neither will enter full screen mode. Please confirm that you tested in a non-virtual, 32-Bit installation. Yes. Ditto in Vista 32 bit physical machine, unless I'm becoming senile. I had some time to play... fresh Vista install and fresh Win 7 install, and Windows 8.1 install. http://astronomy.comoj.com/windows-f...een/index.html |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 2015-09-30 01:21, foxidrive wrote:
On 30/09/2015 13:17, foxidrive wrote: I confirm that it was on a 32 bit Win 7 and 32 bit Win 8.1 system and neither will enter full screen mode. Please confirm that you tested in a non-virtual, 32-Bit installation. Yes. Ditto in Vista 32 bit physical machine, unless I'm becoming senile. I had some time to play... fresh Vista install and fresh Win 7 install, and Windows 8.1 install. http://astronomy.comoj.com/windows-f...een/index.html At least you get an error message! No amount of Alt-Entering will do anything at all on my Win7 laptop (64bits). Still, I learned today that even if, as I had planned, I multi-boot a Win7-32 for DOS purposes, I won't be able to go full-screen, boooo :-( -- ! _\|/_ Sylvain / ! (o o) Member-+-David-Suzuki-Fdn/EFF/Red+Cross/Planetary-Society-+- oO-( )-Oo CAPITALISM: Man exploiting man. SOCIALISM: The reverse. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 1/10/2015 11:59, B00ze wrote:
http://astronomy.comoj.com/windows-f...een/index.html At least you get an error message! No amount of Alt-Entering will do anything at all on my Win7 laptop (64bits). My Win 7 64 bit does exactly the same - nothing. Still, I learned today that even if, as I had planned, I multi-boot a Win7-32 for DOS purposes, I won't be able to go full-screen, boooo :-( It's clear from Todd's experience, and implied in the Microsoft support link, that if you load a certain kind of video driver then it will enter full screen - in the 32 bit version at least. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 30/09/2015 13:17, foxidrive wrote:
Nothing to assume. I said, "full screen". The microsoft link says it's not possible on Windows 7 - but there could be a video driver which you are using which supports it. That info is misleading. Its intended for Vista and Win 7 64-Bit users. The document states 32 bit. Todd, I guess you're either too busy to reply to the thread or maybe you think I was being argumentative for the hell of it to your last comment. Read the paste here. The only place it mentions 64 bit is to say that the article doesn't apply to 64 bit because they can't run 16 bit programs. SYMPTOMS You may find that some 16-bit DOS-based programs do not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7. You cannot set a Command Prompt (CMD) window to display in full-screen mode. Note This symptom only applies to 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and of Windows 7. 16-bit programs are not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista or of Windows 7. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 10/1/2015 2:02 PM, foxidrive wrote:
On 30/09/2015 13:17, foxidrive wrote: Nothing to assume. I said, "full screen". The microsoft link says it's not possible on Windows 7 - but there could be a video driver which you are using which supports it. That info is misleading. Its intended for Vista and Win 7 64-Bit users. The document states 32 bit. Todd, I guess you're either too busy to reply to the thread or maybe you think I was being argumentative for the hell of it to your last comment. Read the paste here. The only place it mentions 64 bit is to say that the article doesn't apply to 64 bit because they can't run 16 bit programs. SYMPTOMS You may find that some 16-bit DOS-based programs do not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7. You cannot set a Command Prompt (CMD) window to display in full-screen mode. Note This symptom only applies to 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and of Windows 7. 16-bit programs are not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista or of Windows 7. Sorry, time limitations called me away in the middle of composing a response. Yes, I have read the page, and understands what it says. However, full screen works on my installation, hence, my "misleading" comment. Microsoft's KB's are not always 100% accurate you know. Not only does full screen work for me on Win 7, I can create shortcuts to open cmd in full screen mode as well. This is contrary to the KB page info. It would be nice if Microsoft provided a list of known programs that do not run in full screen mode so those claims can be confirmed. -- Todd Vargo (Post questions to group only. Remove "z" to email personal messages) |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 3/10/2015 13:02, Todd Vargo wrote:
Sorry, time limitations called me away in the middle of composing a response. No worries. Yes, I have read the page, and understands what it says. However, full screen works on my installation, hence, my "misleading" comment. Microsoft's KB's are not always 100% accurate you know. It's not misleading because you will also know that the page indicates that it is a video driver change that causes it to happen, and that it can be worked around. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 10/3/2015 4:23 AM, foxidrive wrote:
On 3/10/2015 13:02, Todd Vargo wrote: Sorry, time limitations called me away in the middle of composing a response. No worries. Yes, I have read the page, and understands what it says. However, full screen works on my installation, hence, my "misleading" comment. Microsoft's KB's are not always 100% accurate you know. It's not misleading because you will also know that the page indicates that it is a video driver change that causes it to happen, and that it can be worked around. I did not change to an XP video driver. Its the one that Win 7 installed. It also says "You cannot set a Command Prompt (CMD) window to display in full-screen mode.", but I can without making any OS modifications or driver substitutions. Because the page contains a mixture of information that contradict with my installation and user experience, we will just have to agree to disagree with our opinions of the accuracy of the page content. |
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Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens
On 4/10/2015 05:45, Todd Vargo wrote:
I did not change to an XP video driver. Its the one that Win 7 installed. It also says "You cannot set a Command Prompt (CMD) window to display in full-screen mode.", but I can without making any OS modifications or driver substitutions. Yes Todd, and I don't want to argue without any point. I'm not sure how closely you deal with hardware - but it's clear that the video subsystem in your computer is of a type that made Windows load the type of drivers which allowed you to switch to full screen. The Dell machine you have is a 'speshul' hardware combination. Nobody else cares enough to comment on how their Win 7 32 bit behaves so that'll just remain the way I interpret the results, as a hardware engineer. |
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