Ninho Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) 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 + FIXWrapOr, from the same site,Direct file URL :FIXWRAP.ZIPFile 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 TSRsusing 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Great news, Ninho! You rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninho Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) 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 threadson 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=7272No need to read all that stuff for just using FixWrap, of course ;=) Edited January 12, 2010 by Ninho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 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.zipUseful for saving low DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).Example (generic):DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOSTOOLS\WRAPPER.SYS C:\PROGRAMS\PROGRAM.EXE /program_paramsBUG: 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=7638FIXWRAP.SYS 1.0 [4 KB, free]:http://www.mdgx.com/files/FIXWRAP.ZIPHow to use FIXWRAP.SYS:Add this as the first line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS ONThen add this as the last line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS OFFReboot for the changes to take effect.FIXWRAP.SYS Technical details:http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7272FIXWRAP.SYS MSFN Forum:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=141067HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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