Running a DOS program under XP

[Doug Cummings]

I have one program (dBase for DOS 5) which is a DOS
program and I would like find out how to run DOS programs
under windows XP. There is a windows versions of this same
program out but when it is very slow and awkward, whereas
I am used to the DOS version and can work through it quite
quickly and easily. I ran it under Windows 95 and 98SE for
years.

Can someone tell me how to set XP up to run a DOS program.
I have installed the program but when I go to run it I
don't get very far. Initially a screen comes up which says
that the computer is not set for the code page selected -
this message has been coming up for years and I just click
it off - and then on the next screen all I get are colored
dots all over the screen everywhere the cursor has been
and XP locks up.

HELP.

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

You can use application compatibility. Right click on the executable for
the program, properties, app compat tab and set it to run as a DOS app.

Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

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