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Re: [ECS] ECSW and NT problem Dan Hoehnen Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:28:28 -0400 (EDT)

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I found cmd.exe and command.com in my winnt/system32 directory.  cmd.exe 
is what COMSPEC is currently set to.  I changed it to command.com in the 
control panel, but I still have the same problem.  I'm not sure cmd.exe 
and command.com are different as they both report their version as 
'Windows NT 4.0' (when you type ver at the command prompt).

Immediately after starting ecsw I pressed ctrl-x and then alt-c and this 
is what got put in the dbg.tmp file:

07/28/98 12:43:58:SYS_EXE:cmd=EVC C X chk=1 dsp=0 wait=1
07/28/98 12:43:58:SYS_EXE:cmd=EVC C X

Does this tell you anything, Mark?

Maybe I'll try a command.com from my Win95 pc later tonight.  

Mark, what are you using to build ecsw?  VC++ 5.0?  I'm just curious so I 
can do a little  research on any compatability issues btwn 95 and NT for 
programs that use the command interpreter.

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ingo Pakleppa wrote:

> It's similar under NT, but NT doesn't have an Autoexec.bat. Go to the Control
> Panel, System, Environment. You should see COMSPEC in the System Variables list
> (the top one). I'd recommend not changing it from the default, though, because
> even if it does make ECS work (which I haven't tried), it could screw up any
> number of other programs.
> 
> You could also create a batch file ECSSTART.CMD that explicitly sets the
> COMSPEC variable (and whatever other variables you may need) and then starts
> ECSW.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> Mark Gilmore wrote:
> 
> > This command defines the command interpreter
> > (I would assume it also does under NT):
> >         SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
> >
> > Dan Hoehnen wrote:
> > >
> > > Somehwere around version 3.4.11 ECSW stopped working with NT 4.0 service
> > > pack 3.  When I start ECSW it opens 3 windows.  One window is the main
> > > ecsw window with Wnd, Scr and Font info in the window title.  Another
> > > window has 'Console [ECS] - Do NOT Close' in the window caption.  The
> > > third window has 'Ecswrun.bat' in the window caption.  ECSW just stops at
> > > this point with all 3 windows open, but never starts.  Prior to version
> > > 3.4.11 I would have to close one of the windows (I can't remember which
> > > one) to get ecsw to continue loading and then it worked.  But now not
> > > even closing one of the windows will make it work.
> > >
> > > Is anyone else using ecsw with NT 4.0?  Is there a special trick needed?
> > > Is it even supposed to work with NT?
> > >
> > > Dan Hoehnen
> > > dhoehnen@infinet.com
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> 
> 

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