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Forum => newLISP and the O.S. => Topic started by: pjot on August 13, 2005, 01:30:31 PM

Title: Install problems with WindowsME
Post by: pjot on August 13, 2005, 01:30:31 PM
Hi,



Today I had to install WindowsME on my second (smaller) machine. Of course I installed newLisp 8.6.1. However, newLisp-tk does not start and generates the following warning:


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Error sourcing /freewrap/newlisp-tk.tcl: can't read "env PROGRAMFILES)": no such variable


Is WindowsME supported at all? The console binary runs fine. I thought I'ld let you know.



Peter
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Post by: Lutz on August 13, 2005, 02:07:51 PM
the oldest version supported is Windows 2k, but you could set the environment variable PROGRAMFILES in the autoexec.bat file of Windows ME.



Lutz
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Post by: newdep on August 13, 2005, 02:18:52 PM
look here -> http://www.alh.net/newlisp/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=636



;-)
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Post by: pjot on August 13, 2005, 02:27:19 PM
Well I already found it. I installed newLisp into "c:newlisp". Therefore, I have to put the environment variable "PROGRAMFILES" to the directory above it, e.g. "c:". So I added this line to 'autoexec.bat' and rebooted:


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SET PROGRAMFILES=c:


Now newLisp-TK works perfectly all right. If I installed newLisp into "c:program filesnewlisp", then the environment variable has to point to "c:program files".



Thanks

Peter
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Post by: Ryon on August 13, 2005, 03:53:58 PM
WindowsME is evil. There are sooooo many other operating systems to choose from!
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Post by: pjot on August 13, 2005, 04:10:39 PM
You are completely right! I abandoned Windoze almost 10 years ago, after those crashes with Win95, and switched to Linux permanently. But now I need it for some experiments... probably it's of my hard drive next week (phew!).
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Post by: Ryon on August 14, 2005, 09:17:05 PM
I wasn't taking a crack at Micro$oft, or Windows in general. I was referring specifically to WindowsME as evil. Use Windows for Workgroups, or anything but WindowsME.
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Post by: pjot on August 15, 2005, 02:34:11 AM
Well, let's not be too harsh on WindowsME! :-) I had to do the following things to get it stable:



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1) Remove the System Restore functionality completely

2) Edit 'system.ini' with the following settings:


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[vcache]
MinFileCache=51200
MaxFileCache=51200

[386Enh]
PerVMFiles=200


3) Then perform a downgrade on the Explorer Shell since deleting files hung my desktop, as is described here for Win98: http://www.frankprovo.com/win98ie6filesproblem.htm

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It's running quite well now, even my DVDplayer and TVcard are recognized. Maybe I switch back to Windows after all... :-P



Still I can only install programs of which I am sure they will not put something nasty in the SYSTEM directory. But my favorite programs (newLisp, GTK-server, gVim, MinGW, etc) behave correctly.



And of course, already using the newLisp wallpaper!



-Peter
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Post by: newdep on August 15, 2005, 02:47:13 AM
If you put the time and effort into money? would it be quicker and cheaper to buy XP or 2000 and install that? ;-)



..hehe..





Norman.
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Post by: pjot on August 15, 2005, 03:20:56 AM
Probably. The problem with XP however is, that if I install it, this will cost 3Gb of hard drive space extra. And after installation of Service Pack 1 last week nothing worked anymore.
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