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"System Cannot Address COM1: Port Required By |
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WordPerfect® 6.0 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: A customer was trying to start WP 6.0 from Windows NT. The customer got the error "System cannot address COM1: port required by application." The customer then got two options: Terminate or Ignore. Selecting either option brings the user back to Windows, but not into WP. The customer is using the WP60.PIF file that came with WP 6.0. Solutions: Adding /X to the Optional Parameters line in the .PIF editor allowed the user to start WP 6.0. The user then changed the Mouse Type to Mouse Driver (MOUSE.COM), and the mouse worked fine. It seems the error message was generated because of a COM port being selected for the mouse in WP. The user would then want to go into the .PIF editor and remove the /X from the Optional Parameters line. |
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