Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.lang,c++,comp.std.c++ Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!cupnews0.cup.hp.com!swh From: swh@cup.hp.com (Steve Harrold) Subject: Re: BC++ 4.0 for MSWin 3.1 CD-ROM problems - Help Sender: news@cupnews0.cup.hp.com (News Admin) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 17:25:51 GMT References: <1994Feb25.154159.14802@knight.vf.ge.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpmfac3.cup.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: alt.cd-rom,comp.lang,c++,comp.std.c++ Lines: 48 Xref: cdrom.com alt.cd-rom:1000 comp.lang:2 comp.std.c++:761 Hunter Bryan K (hunter@sde.mdso.vf.ge.com) wrote: :>>I recently received my Borland C++ version 4.0 CD-ROM and installed :>>it for MS Windoze 3.1. Because I don't feel like eating up about :>>80MB of hard drive space I decided to do a minimal install (just install :>>those files needed to launch it from the desktop with the CD-ROM in place). :>>I did this and played around with it a little (not having much time or :>>ambition to really get into the nitty gritty of it all) then decided to exit :>>windows. Later I restarted windows (without the BC++ CD-ROM in the drive) :>>and was amazed to get an error from windows telling me that the CD-ROM :>>is not responding and it then refused to start windows. I got the familiar :>>Abort, Retry, Cancel? prompt. This continued until I place the BC++ CD in :>>the drive (but I didn't want to use BC++!!). :>>I followed the installation instructions to a T (they're basically idiot :>>proof). Apparently, the installation routine binds the *.ini files for windows :>>so closely to the CD-ROM that you have to have it installed to even start :>>windows, regardless if you're interested in launching BC++. :>>Has anyone else had this problem? I'm going to try it again this weekend, :>>I really haven't had enough time since I first tried it to try again. Did :>>I miss something from the instructions? :>>If I can't get it to work tonight, I'll call the tech support. Hopefully, :>>I just made a stupid mistake (I do, on occasion, make mistakes. I remember :>>about 10 years ago, I made a mistake then, gee it's been that long? :) :>>I'd rather not call the tech support unless I know that I'm not messing up :>>(don't want to sound like an idiot). :>>Thanks for any comments. :>>-- :>>Bryan K. Hunter hunter@acc.vf.ge.com :>>Associate Software Design Engineer :>>Information Systems & Technologies, Martin Marietta Corporation :>>King of Prussia, Pa :>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :>>"I'm not a software engineer, but I play one at work" - me :>> -- -- --------------------- Steve Harrold swh@cup.hp.com HPG200/11 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------