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MS Windows - Options For Running In Specific
DocumentID: 653053
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:20 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: Sometimes a user may want to run MS Windows in a specific mode, even if the desired mode is not the most efficient one for the system. For example, if the user is running applications designed for previous versions of MS Windows, the user should run MS Windows 3.0 in Real mode, even though the program could run in Standard mode or 386 Enhanced mode.

To ensure that MS Windows runs in a particular mode, include the switch for that mode on the Windows command line when starting the MS Windows program.

      *Use the /R option to run Windows in Real mode. This switch is most useful if the user wants to run applications designed for earlier versions of MS Windows. Many such applications are incompatible with the memory management that MS Windows performs when running in Standard or 386 Enhanced mode.

      *Use the /S option to run MS Windows in Standard mode. The user might want to use this switch if their system is an 80386 computer with between 2M of memory (640K conventional, 1024 extended) and 3M of memory (640K conventional, 2096 extended), and they do not use non-Windows applications with MS Windows. On such systems, MS Windows runs faster in Standard mode than in the 386 Enhanced mode as long as the user is operating only Windows applications. Also, the user may want to use this switch if they are having hardware compatibility problems when running in 386 Enhanced mode.

      *Use the /3 option to run MS Windows in the 386 Enhanced mode. The user may want to use this switch if they want to run MS Windows in 386 Enhanced mode even though their 80386 computer (or higher) has less than the 2M of memory that the 386 Enhanced mode normally requires. This switch works only on 80386 systems with at least 1M of memory (640K conventional, 384 extended). Note: If the user's system has less than 2M of memory, MS Windows will probably run more slowly in 386 Enhanced mode than in Standard mode.

The user should know that specifying a mode switch is optional. If they do not specify a mode, MS Windows examines the system configuration and starts in the mode most appropriate for the system.

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