[Solved] how can i view win32 programs?

[indigowindow]

from http://diamondcs.com.au
i downloaded the console tools, alltools.zip.

after unzipping alltools.zip, i double click on any of the icons and all i get is a flash of a dos window. how do i access any information that these tools are supposed to provide?

attempting to view them in dos i get the message that these are win32 programs.

 

[Dan O]

Try the RUN command.

Runs a Windows program or an MS-DOS program.

START [options] program [arg...]
START [options] document.ext

/m[inimized] Run the new program minimized (in the background).
/max[imized] Run the new program maximized (in the foreground).
/r[estored] Run the new program restored (in the foreground). [default]
/w[ait] Does not return until the other program exits.

If they still don't work they may not be for Windows 9x/ME, but for Windows NT, 2000, or XP which supports WIN32 applications at the Command Prompt.

 

[indigowindow]

dan o - i'm looking at your instructions but i don't know what you're saying. if win32 is windows nt or windows 2000, that could be the problem right there. i'm running windows 98se.

 

[WhitPhil]

Open a DOS window and run them there.
Some/most of them require a parameter.

Eg: PING 123.34.37.1

(pings that IP address)

If you do
PING /?
you should get help on the syntax.

 

[indigowindow]

whitphil - they run fine in the dos window. (why didn't i think of that. although i couldn't get the same results restarting in dos mode). i wonder why they will run in the dos window and not in regular dos?

 

[Dan O]

Some WIN32 applications rely on API calles that are only supported by NT and higher.

Also WIN32 application will never run under MS-DOS Mode because it is a 16 bit environment and it does not know how to handle WIN32 32 bit instructions. A MS-DOS prompt within Windows 98 is under the control of it, which is why they work.