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Oftentimes, especially with DOS programs, the install procedure simply
copies a hidden file (or more) to your harddrive, then erases this file
from the floppy. When you uninstall, the procedure is reversed. You might
try doing a dir for hidden files from your DOS prompt
and see if there is anything there that you might recognize as being one of
these files (command: dir /a:h /s /p). Also, look at the install command
on the disk; if it is a .bat
file, you may be able to see what files are being transferred by opening it
in a text editor.
Dave
At 03:37 PM 3/28/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi there, coding people!
>
>Ok, here's a question for those of you gifted in coding. I have a
>charting program that I use on my laptop that I absolutely love. It is
>no longer produced. The company no longer exists. The program came on
>a floppy disk and on the disk, there is an install program that copies
>a permission from the floppy to your hard drive. The diskette
>originally allowed 3 copies to be moved.
>
>Now, I find that the program, being rather old and written for DOS,
>does not support double space or any of the compression types used in
>Win95. So, I have had to go back and repartition a small part of my
>laptop with uncompressed space. However, I no longer have any copies
>left, and I can't recover the permission that was wasted on my
>compressed drive. So...is there a way to by-pass this install
>permissioning? [The routine looks something like: instal a: c: and
>then it permissions the program.
>
>This isn't the end of the world for me, but I love this little
>charting program and it has all the simple functions on it I use to
>trade.
>
>Any ideas out there?
>
>Tim Morge
>
>
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