====================================================================== REPLACEMENT DOSSWAP.EXE FOR MS-DOS 5.0 ====================================================================== Revision Date: 6/91 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an | | Application Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY | | KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO | | THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A | | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the | | accuracy and the use of this Application Note. This Application | | Note may be copied and distributed subject to the following | | conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and | | all pages must be included; 2) If software is included, all files | | on the disk(s) must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS | | utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All | | components of this Application Note must be distributed together; | | and 4) This Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright 1991 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft, the Microsoft logo, and MS-DOS are registered | | trademarks and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ The disk provided with this application note contains DOSSWAP.EXE, a replacement for the DOSSWAP.EXE file that is included with MS-DOS version 5.0. The replacement file corrects a problem in the original DOSSWAP.EXE file that caused the task swapper in MS-DOS Shell to fail when attempting to swap out of some programs. Replacing DOSSWAP.EXE --------------------- 1. Insert the enclosed "Replacement DOSSWAP.EXE for MS-DOS 5.0" disk in floppy disk drive A. 2. At the DOS prompt, type the following command and press ENTER copy a:\dosswap.exe where is the drive and directory where your MS-DOS files are located. For example, if your MS-DOS files are located in the DOS directory on drive C, type the following command: copy a:\dosswap.exe c:\dos Note: If you are copying DOSSWAP.EXE from a drive other than A, substitute the appropriate drive letter for "a" in the above command. 3. A message will be displayed stating: "1 file(s) copied." This indicates your DOSSWAP.EXE file has been successfully replaced.