Microsoft KB Archive/63650

Word Cannot Start in a Text Window in Windows 3.00

PSS ID Number: Q63650 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Under certain conditions, Word and other character-based applications cannot be started in a text window in Windows 3.00 in 386 enhanced mode. Once the application has been started, they can then be put into a text window by pressing ALT+SPACEBAR.

This problem can be resolved by using a “/Y” parameter when loading the Microsoft Mouse driver. Without the “/Y” parameter, Windows 3.00 believes the program is working in a graphics mode and will not start the program within a text window.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If the mouse is loaded in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, add “/Y” (without the quotation marks) to the line, as shown below:

MOUSE /Y

If the mouse is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file, add “/Y” (without the quotation marks) to that line, as shown below:

DEVICE=C:.SYS /Y

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