Category : Windows 3.X Files
Archive : AUTOSTUB.ZIP
Filename : README
Output of file : README contained in archive : AUTOSTUB.ZIP
Copyright (C) 1992 Steve Flynn
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Version 1.2 corrects a runaway problem when WINDIR= is the last entry in the
environment.
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Version 1.1 corrects the problem in version 1.0 of incorrect path
generation when the WINDIR= environment variable is not set.
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This is a simple little hack to make a Windows program load Windows
instead of just printing
"This program requires Windows to run"
or
"This program can not be run in DOS mode"
or something equally as useful.
The source is included and is self explanatory except that you should set
an environment variable to allow the windows directory to be located (you
should do this even if you dont use AUTOSTUB.EXE).
Do this by adding the line
set WINDIR=c:\windows (or where ever your windows lives)
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
By default, if WINDIR= is set in the environment, a path of "\WINDOWS" is
assumed.
Thats all folks.
Enjoy, Steve Flynn.
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/