Microsoft KB Archive/63671

Works: Using Works on Two 360K Drives

PSS ID Number: Q63671 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

After setting up Works 2.0 on a 360K dual-floppy-disk system, there may not be enough room on the Program disk to add a printer driver (this problem occurs with larger sized printer drivers because there is only approximately 30K available on the Program disk after the WORK.EXE file is loaded and the WORK.INI file is created).

The workaround is to have put the printer driver file on a separate disk and set up Works 2.0 to search Drive B for the file. The following are two workarounds to get Works to search Drive B:

Workaround One
If you are using DOS version 3.20 or later, use the DOS APPEND command to have Works search the B drive. Add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or type the command at the A: prompt:

Append b:

Workaround Two
I you are using Works version 2.00 with a version of DOS earlier than 3.20, a program called “SEARCH” will allow for the searching of other drives/directories (SEARCH is a public domain program).

= MORE INFORMATION =

SEARCH is a general purpose replacement for the DOS PATH command but it is much more powerful and useful than PATH. Unlike PATH, which is limited to batch and executable files, SEARCH allows you to access files of all types. SEARCH works with arbitrary programs on arbitrary files. Data files, overlay files, help files, batch files, executable files, text files, program files, object files, and library files all become accessible with SEARCH.

Once SEARCH is loaded, it remains resident and occupies approximately 1K of memory. SEARCH is compatible with versions 2.00 through 3.00 of both PC-DOS and MS-DOS. Copy SEARCH.COM to your boot disk and add a line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file that reads “Search” (without quotation marks) or type Search at the A: prompt after booting up.

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