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MS Windows - Keyboard Input Going To DOS Appl
DocumentID: 633494
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:17 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: A Microsoft Windows 3.0 user entered the line RUN= in the WIN.INI file. They used this line to start a windowed DOS application followed by a Windows application. This process caused the keyboard input to go to the DOS application. The focus therefore remained on the DOS application in the background and did not switch to the Windows application in the foreground, as was expected. This was only true while in 386 enhanced mode.

A sample of a WIN.INI RUN line is RUN=WORD.PIF WINWORD.EXE.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will share new information as it becomes available. There is, however, a temporary work around. The user can switch the focus to the Windows application in the foreground by clicking with a mouse anywhere in the Windows application. If the user does not have a mouse, they can press Alt-Esc instead.

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