> PC Computing says DF is a good Win95 program but I can’t get it to > open Window programs. How would I set up dfconfig to have it open LviewPro > to view gif > files?
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You must be mistaken. Either that, or PC Magazine isn’t writing about IBM-based PC’s anymore. Directory Freedom is a flawless piece of work which doesn’t get enough praise and isn’t updated often enough. Gordon Half should be offered a high-paying job at Microsoft to write add-on code for their *next* operating system – if he hasn’t already. What directory freedom did to DOS, a choir does to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. It’s just not the same without it.
What it would do for Windows (particularly Win95) would be what a choir would do to Beethoven’s 5th S…
> PC Computing says DF is a good Win95 program but I can’t get it to > open Window programs. How would I set up dfconfig to have it open LviewPro > to view gif > files?
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You must be mistaken. Either that, or PC Magazine isn’t writing about IBM-based PC’s anymore. Directory Freedom is a flawless piece of work which doesn’t get enough praise and isn’t updated often enough. Gordon Half should be offered a high-paying job at Microsoft to write add-on code for their *next* operating system – if he hasn’t already. What directory freedom did to DOS, a choir does to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. It’s just not the same without it.
What it would do for Windows (particularly Win95) would be what a choir would do to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony — gasp! There’s a reason you can’t get it to open any Windows programs – it won’t. Stop trying. Really.
If you want to look at .GIF files using Directory Freedom, you’re going to have to use CSHOW, VPIC or some other DOS-based program that’s saavy to a variety of formats. I like CSHOW, so the instructions below are written on that basis. Substitute your own pathnames and viewer utility accordingly.
From a DOS prompt, in the directory that Directory Freedom (DF.COM) resides in:
- type DFCONFIG
- select COMMANDS
- select VIEWERS
- for your primary viewer, type "list.com ~" (make sure you have list.com in the same directory as DF.COM. It should be by default, since it ships with DF.)
- for your secondary viewer, type "c:\utils\viewers\cshow.exe ~"
- exit out to the top of DFCONFIG and save the changes (Ctrl+Enter saves the changes on the page of DFCONFIG that you’re currently on, but you want to be sure and select "Exit and Save Changes" when you get back to the top menu.)
Directory Freedom is a wonderful program to use when in a DOS client window, or when running in DOS mode. Even though LFN’s get truncated to the display, you won’t find a better file management utility to work with all the hidden files and directories that Win95 is so fond of creating.