How To Run Multiple Copies Of WP On MULTIWARE

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:00 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: How do you run two sessions of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS on a MULTIWARE 386 system without running it as a network? Solutions: MULTIWARE 386 by Alloy is an operating system that allows a user to run the same program multiple times on the same PC in what are called tasks. These tasks are managed by the MULTIWARE Task Swapper. The main difficulty is how to manage the temporary files. In order to run more than one copy or session of WP at a time in different tasks, batch files must be created that use the /D startup option to redirect the temporary files to different locations on the hard disk. The following is an example of a WP1.BAT and WP2.BAT that accomplish this: WP1.BAT (WP.EXE /D-C:\TEMP1) WP2.BAT (WP.EXE /D-C:\TEMP2). If this is done, it is possible to run WP multiple times simultaneously on the same PC.

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