[Papyrus-L] Running Papyrus on Windows XP Professional v. 2002

[Derek B. Cornish]

Bill -

Just in case...

Don't use the PIF file you had on WIN98. It probably won't work properly.
Make a new shortcut by right-clicking on pap.exe; then drag it to the
desktop. My pif works for me, on a Thinkpad A31 with XP SP2. Of course,
getting it running is only the first step :-).

Derek  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com 
> [mailto:papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com] On 
> Behalf Of w.t.l.jr at juno.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:54 AM
> To: papyrus-l at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com
> Subject: [Papyrus-L] Running Papyrus on Windows XP 
> Professional v. 2002
> 
> To any or all:
> 
> I have recently tried to run Papyrus 7.0 on my IBM ThinkPad 
> R31, which has Windows XP Professional version 2002 as its 
> operating system. This Papyrus version ran fine on my dekstop 
> Dell with Windows 98, but it won't run on the laptop. I have 
> copied all of the Papyrus files to a folder labeled Papyrus 
> on the C: drive except Index.bib, which is too big for a floppy..
> 
> It was my plan to rebuild Index.bib from the other .bib 
> files, but I find that all of the executable files give me an 
> error message saying, in effect, "Can't run 16 bit program. 
> Check your .PIF file."  I have tried  the Windows XP 
> compatibility wizard with Windows 98 (and 95) selected, but 
> still the same result. Also, I found a Papyrus .PIF file but 
> I get the same message when I try to open it. 
> 
> The Papyrus Status Report of January 2004 says Papyrus 7.0 
> can be run under Windows 2000 or Windows XP, as well as many 
> other operating systems. Can someone help me get Papyrus  
> working on my laptp?
> 
> Bill L.  email w.t.l.jr at juno.com
> 
>