XPmode doesn't work with .bat shortcuts


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Hi,

I want to use xpmode for running a legacy accountancy app. This is a dos application and thus does not have a .exe shortcut but a .bat shortcut. Adding a .exe shortcut works fine and I don't see anything in the exclusion list that has anything to do with .bat files ...

Any suggestions ?

thnx !

Zwinky

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yeah, don't run a full xp installation for a dos application. Use dosbox :)

Doesn't work in dosbox :( tried it allready under vista ... Only way to use it under vista and 7 is a virtual box but I wanted to try that undocked modus.

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I'm curious how to do this as well, and even more generally how its application detection logic works. Sometimes it takes awhile to show up. Other times it seems quite selective about the applications it chooses to populate from the host, even when dealing with exe's. (like explorer.exe)

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I haven't tried this, but could you create a shortcut to the XP command prompt, then simply run the bat file in the command prompt?

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