I have a retail box copy of DESQview version 2.42 with all the accompanying manuals. In the error messages appendix says the following about this error:
"The DESQview command you performed tried to read the indicated DESQview file, but couldn't." "If you decide the indicated file is bad, delete it and then reinstall DESQview. There is no harm in reinstalling DESQview over the same version of an existing system." In addition, it says: "Sometimes, loading memory-resident programs prior to starting up DESQview, or allocating too few DOS file handles (by the FILES command in your CONFIG.SYS file), can cause this error. Also, if DESQview cannot find the .DVO (Open Window Menu) file this message will appear as a Startup Message." On an installation of this program that I have on an old computer, the DESQVIEW.DVO file is 249 bytes. You are correct that QEMM is not required (at least for the version I have) because I am running DESQview 386 using MS HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE without problems. This is because some IBM drivers I have for this old computer would not work with QEMM. I don't know if this is of any help, but it's all I know about the problem. Good luck. On 7/12/13, Jerome Ibanes <jiba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm having an issue running Deskview 2.8 on FreeDos, which I would > describe as such: > > - Desqview 2.8 can be freely downloaded at http://www.chsoft.com/dv.html > - I am not running QEMM (not required with Desqview). > - I do want to run Desqview, "accept no substitute". > - I am not running Dosbox. > > The installation process runs fine, but upon starting Desqview, I run > across this error: "Missing (or bad) DESQview file: DESQVIEW.DVO". > Subsequently, the application is then unable to run dos applications. > > Would anyone know how to address this issue? The file "DESQVIEW.DVO" > is indeed present in C:\DV (where I installed Desqview). > > Thank you, > J. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
