Microsoft KB Archive/73712

= Running Solomon III Accounting Software with MS-DOS 5.0 =

Article ID: 73712

Article Last Modified on 11/21/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q73712



SUMMARY
Solomon III version 7.0 is an accounting program by TLB. When you run the start-up file SOLOMON.INI at the command prompt, your computer may stop responding (hang).

Editing the SOLOMON.INI file should make Solomon III compatible with MS-DOS version 5.0.



MORE INFORMATION
To use Solomon III with MS-DOS 5.0, you must delete two lines in the SOLOMON.INI file. The following procedure uses MS-DOS Editor to modify the SOLOMON.INI file. Editor is an MS-DOS 5.0 feature; with earlier versions of MS-DOS, use the Edlin editor.

 Change to the \ACCT\PROG directory; From the command prompt, type the following and press ENTER:

EDIT SOLOMON.INI

 Delete line #6, which starts with &quot;COMPVERS&quot;, and delete line #7, which starts with &quot;IF ERROR LEVEL...&quot;. Save the edited file, and exit MS-DOS Editor. Retry executing the SOLOMON.INI file.

NOTE: Solomon III version 7.1 is compatible with MS-DOS 5.0.

The product included here, Solomon III, is manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 5.00 3rdparty

Keywords: KB73712

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