Microsoft KB Archive/63275

Using a Different Drive/Directory for Spell, Thesaurus, Help PSS ID Number: Q63275 Article last modified on 09-11-1990 PSS database name: D_WorKs

1.00 1.05 2.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

If you have a dual floppy system, you can eliminate the swapping of floppy disks for such functions as Check Spelling, Help, or Thesaurus by loading one or more of these programs on the second floppy drive (as space permits) and directing Works to find them through use of the DOS APPEND command.

More Information:

Add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

append X:

Where “X:” is the drive designation of the drive where the Spell, Help, or Thesaurus program files are located.

If you use the APPEND command, Works will search for Spell, Thesaurus, or Help files on the “X:” drive if it does not find them on the Works program disk. It is NOT possible to access the “Tutorial” section of the Help command with this configuration unless the Learning Works files are located on the Works program disk.

The APPEND command will not let Works Help find Learning Works files that are located on the appended drive. The “Index” and “Topic” selections of Help will work properly.

The following features and their related files can be installed on the appended drive instead of on the Works program disk:

Works 2.00         Works 1.05 --         -- Spell SPELL.OVL SPELL.OVL —– MAIN.DIC MAIN.DIC

Help HELP.OVL HELP.OVL —-

Thesaurus THESAUR.LEX n/a (no Thesaurus in ——— THESAUR.OVL version 1.05)

Please refer to a DOS manual for further instructions regarding the APPEND command and its parameters.

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