Re: Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: sas... Bill Arnette
Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 00:00

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In article <3pddg3$d...@csc.mc.edu>,
Stephen Wilhelm <swil...@csc.mc.edu> wrote:
>Chan Hoong Keong (hkc...@hkchan.pc.my) wrote:
>
>>  > It probably just means that Magic Carpet is in Win95's database,
>>  > try a game that is in OS/2's database, no setup needed.
>
>>  How does this rumor about a game database in Win95 get started? Has anyone
>>  seen and verified the existence of such database?
>
>I think this is one of those rumors that just doesn't go away.  OS/2

It's not a rumor.  It's a fact.  But it's not just games, it has other 
DOS apps as well.  If you have the Win95 CD, look up APPS.INF in the Windows
95 Resource Kit in admin\reskit\helpfiles\95wrk.hlp.

>From the Windows 95 Resource Kit:

   When you run an MS-DOS -- based application, Windows 95 first checks the
   APPS.INF file to see if the application is listed there.  If it is, the
   settings found in APPS.INF are used to run the application.

Bill

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