Paddy Duncan said: ------------------------------
Just tried it on Vista. Vista says "This system does not support fullscreen mode" Tried setting to Win95 compatibility mode, setting 'run in window', all with same result...:-(
Paddy, Your setting 'run in window' might possibly be a problem in getting DOS Fractint to run in Vista. I start Fractint set to 'Full Screen.' To switch between Fractint's full screen session and a windowed session of Fractint I use the key combination <alt><enter>. In WinXP hitting <alt><enter> while in a full screen session of DOS Fractint puts Fractint 'onto the Task Bar' and shows *no* small window of the program on the desktop. This behavior of WinXP is what makes me think that your setting 'run in window' may be a problem. Clicking on 'Fractint' on the Task Bar returns to the full screen session of Fractint. (Note that under Win98 I can only use <alt><enter> successfully when Fractint is showing a *text* screen.) Why don't you try a set of adjustments to the .PIF file ('Shortcut to Fractint' file) that is *known* to work in WinXP? Below is a set that works in WinXP for me. Hopefully Vista will have the same adjustments available to make to the .PIF ('Shortcut') file. You should first delete and recreate your current 'Shortcut to Fractint' file since my list of changes to the 'Shortcut' file only list the changes I made away from the original Windows default settings -- and you have already made several changes away from the original Windows default settings. The following is copied from a previous post to I made to [Philofractal] and [Fractint]:
The full list of changes I made to the default Properties on the various tabs of the Fractint .pif ('Shortcut') file were:
- Idle Sensitivity: Low [Note: I had previously set 'High.' Both work, but 'Low' seems to be somewhat faster.] - 256 colors - full screen - emulate Win98 [sic] - disable 'termination warning' - disable 'Visual themes' - disable 'allow screen saver' - disable 'background always suspend'
Note: The .pif file is automatically created the first time that a DOS program is run. So, - run the DOS program in a command shell (in a 'DOS' window), Get the DOS window by typing 'cmd' (no quotes) into the: Start > Run 'Open' text box and click 'OK'. - the DOS program will probably not work, - the .pif file will be created, - modify the .pif file's Properties (Right Click on the .pif file), - run the .pif file (which will now run the DOS program correctly in Windows XP)
- Hal Lane ####################### # hallane@earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # #######################
-----Original Message----- From: Paddy Duncan [mailto:padski@padski.com] Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 4:39 AM To: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com Subject: RE: [philofractal] How do YOU run DOS Fractint under Windows XP?
Just tried it on Vista. Vista says "This system does not support fullscreen mode" Tried setting to Win95 compatibility mode, setting 'run in window', all with same result...:-(
jackoftradez@comcast.net wrote:
BTW, has anyone tried fractint in VISTA yet? I suspect it wont run at all; I hear even some old windows programs dont run.
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