Rescan content on each file-first for all drives?

Posted on 2018-01-22, 12:28

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by emendelson

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I'm working on a project (relevant for games) that sets up Windows 3.11 automatically, and I'm using my own DOSBox build (made with the help of many experts here). Because I want to be able to change and add files to the file system from the host Windows system, and have Windows 3.11 automatically …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-20, 18:37

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And a new link (Dropbox can really be annoying): BAD LINK REMOVED.

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-20, 18:15

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Althought it's shareware, have you already seen MJVGA for Windows? http://www.win3game.com/fileinfo-game-mjwin.html https://archive.org/details/win3_MJWIN I've been updating and improving this system, and I think it works well now. I did this: I installed Win311, using the system described in this …

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Re: Win 3.1 utilities - copy file to a folder; watch a folder?

Posted on 2018-01-18, 01:07

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Asterisk wrote: Ctrl+Drag in Win 3.1's file manager. Certainly true, but I'm looking for something that will always take whatever file is selected and copy it to the same (pre-specified) folder for backup, etc. I've got this working in a compiled VB-style script right now, but I need to do a bit …

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Convert OEM clipboard text to ANSI?

Posted on 2018-01-17, 16:55

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I'm not sure this will ever be relevant to games, but for the project I'm putting together for running Windows 3.11 (including games), I'm trying to modify some code so that I can import from the host Windows clipboard in ANSI encoding. My other projects use clipboard-paste code taken from the old …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-17, 16:12

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That's news to me. Thank you! I'll give it a try...

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Re: 16-bit WinBatch+Compiler? (I'd like to buy a copy)

Posted on 2018-01-15, 22:58

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whats so exceptional about it that You dont just go and use c//++ and API? Because I'm incompetent as a programmer and have only written one C++ program in my life. (EDIT: Two, actually.) It turns out I don't specifically need WinBatch after all - there are alternatives like Summit Software's …

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16-bit WinBatch+Compiler? (I'd like to buy a copy)

Posted on 2018-01-15, 21:11

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If anyone here has the old 16-bit WinBatch+Compiler package, I'd be interested in buying it from you. I'd like to be able to compile and distribute (legally) some WinBatch scripts for a project I'm working on. This is for something I'll distribute free, so I hope you won't ask an unreasonable price …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-13, 19:37

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Major improvements to this system: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qo9kwvqd8hw81zm/Win31DOSBox.zip?dl=1 International installation now seems to work correctly (I've tested with French and Finnish WfW311). Three printers are listed in the Win311 Print menus: Win10 Printer Win10 Clipboard PDF to Win10 (The …

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Toggle to full-screen on same monitor with window?

Posted on 2018-01-12, 20:03

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If I'm running DOSBox in a two-monitor Windows system, and I toggle from windowed to fullscreen mode, DOSBox always goes full-screen in monitor 1, even the window was in monitor 2. From what I see online, it seems that SDL 1.2 has trouble going full-screen on any monitor other than monitor 1, but of …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-11, 15:21

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Apologies to anyone who wasted time downloading this earlier. The current version works correctly, I think: EDIT: New link in a later message. Features: Installs Windows 3.1x in seconds from installation files in its SETUP folder. Prints to the default host printer; use Ctrl-Alt-F4 to paste text …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-11, 03:06

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EDIT: Obsolete.

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Re: Win 3.1 utilities - copy file to a folder; watch a folder?

Posted on 2018-01-10, 23:39

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If you copy a file into a folder window (and the window opens on to a folder on the same drive as the original location of the file), the file gets moved into the folder that the window opens on to. It doesn't stay in its original location. I'm looking for something that will automatically make a …

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Re: Win 3.1 utilities - WINCMD 1.4, instant exit?

Posted on 2018-01-10, 23:36

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And here is a complete WINCMD 1.4 setup, with the final versions of both the optional WCL libraries and two sample scripts, plus source code. All this is through the generosity of Rey Barry's Freeware Hall of Fame. Rey resurrected the machine that had his old BBS files, and recovered WINCMD 1.4, …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-10, 20:30

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And I've now updated it to use a custom build of DOSBox that won't close when you cick the close button at the upper right corner, which is easy to do by mistake when running Windows 3.1. I followed the method provided by Qbix here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27606#p216231 (There are two …

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Win 3.1 utilities - copy file to a folder; watch a folder?

Posted on 2018-01-10, 19:45

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Again, for a DOSBox-based project, does anyone know if either of these Windows 3.x utilities ever existed: (1) A utility that automatically copies a file to a specified backup folder when you drop the file on the utility? (2) A folder watcher that will run in the background, and perform a specified …

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Re: Set up a Win311-DOSBox system in less than one minute

Posted on 2018-01-10, 16:24

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Here's another update to the new version of this system: EDIT: Link removed; current version in a later post. Many improvements. If you have Windows for Workgroups (any roman-alphabet language) or the English version of Windows 3.11, it automatically installs the Y2K version of the File Manager. …

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Re: Enhancement: Mount drive but block \WINDOWS ??

Posted on 2018-01-09, 21:43

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DOSBox detects that it is mounting the root of a drive (which is easy) and injeccts a warning, right? Instead of printing the warning, don't execute the mount command when this is detected (with a text explaining why). Yes - but if that gets into the code, there should be an option to disable it. …

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Re: Enhancement: Mount drive but block \WINDOWS ??

Posted on 2018-01-09, 20:44

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OK - I'm convinced! Thanks for thinking this through...

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Enhancement: Mount drive but block \WINDOWS ??

Posted on 2018-01-09, 19:47

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I've tried to do this by myself, but it's far beyond my skill level: Is it possible to modify the MOUNT command so that it includes a -nowindir option? That would let you mount the C: (or any other) drive, but make the \WINDOWS directory invisible to DOSBox. This might be useful - or it might be a …

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