Announcing FIXWRAP

[Ninho]

FixWrap.sys, a free bugfix I made for MS-DOS is available.

Thanks to MDGx for hosting the download on his site !

Essential DOS Power Toys - Wrapper + FIXWrap

Or, from the same site,

Direct file URL :FIXWRAP.ZIP

File details : Size = 3,812 bytes

MD5 check = A304C56B2E55741A5CC6656761F370B4

What is FIXWRAP ? A bug fix designed for MS-DOS 7, 7.1, 8 (the DOSes

that MS Win 9x/ME runs over). It restores the ability for DOS "terminate and

stay resident" TSR programs to be launched at DEVICE=... time,

from CONFIG.SYS. In particular FIXWRAP allows a user to launch TSRs

using Phil Gardner's WRAPPER.SYS (shareware, free to try).

Without my fix, Wrapper.sys, or similar devices, *will* crash the system in no time,

a consequence of a bug introduced by Microsoft with DOS 7.0 and never corrected.

Note : The fix is not needed on MS-DOS versions prior to 7 as well as non-MS DOSes.

Express instructions : edit CONFIG.SYS, "sandwich" any DEVICE=... lines between

FIXWRAP ON & FIXWRAP OFF, like so :

_______________________________________________________

DEVICE=path/to/FIXWRAP.SYS ON ; 1st line...

DEVICE=path/to/WRAPPER.SYS MY_TSR.EXE ; some TSR launched with WRAPPER

...

DEVICE=path/to/FIXWRAP.SYS OFF ; last device line

________________________________________________________

Reboot... Enjoy !

Edited January 12, 2010 by Ninho

[dencorso]

Great news, Ninho! You rock!

[Ninho]

Great news, Ninho! You rock!

You're welcome !

BTW, people who are interested in the technical details - of the bug and my fix - can watch a number of threads

on the "DOS ain't dead" forums at www.bttr-software.de/ - where I attempted an open development, sort of.

Look for the threads with FIXWRAP or HACKWRAP - older fix attempt - in their titles, for instance :

http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7272

No need to read all that stuff for just using FixWrap, of course ;=)

Edited January 12, 2010 by Ninho

[MDGx]

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

http://www.mdgx.com/dos.htm#WRP

* WRAPPER.SYS v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME loads almost ANY DOS program/TSR as DEVICE(HIGH) from CONFIG.SYS [17 KB, no nag shareware]:

http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/bootutil/wrap10.zip

Useful for saving low DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

Example (generic):

DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOSTOOLS\WRAPPER.SYS C:\PROGRAMS\PROGRAM.EXE /program_params

BUG: WRAPPER.SYS may lock up your computer if using Windows 95/98/ME!

FIX: Get FIXWRAP.SYS for MS-DOS 7/8 + Windows 9x/ME:

http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7638

FIXWRAP.SYS 1.0 [4 KB, free]:

http://www.mdgx.com/files/FIXWRAP.ZIP

How to use FIXWRAP.SYS:

Add this as the first line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):

DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS ON

Then add this as the last line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):

DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS OFF

Reboot for the changes to take effect.

FIXWRAP.SYS Technical details:

http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7272

FIXWRAP.SYS MSFN Forum:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=141067

HTH