XTree and Windows

Windows 3.xx is a program like any other, running under DOS (I am not talking here about Windows NT or Windows 95). You can run Windows from inside XTree, but make sure that you start it with Alt-X to make as much memory as possible available to it. If you plan to start Windows from the Application menu or by double-clicking with the mouse, make sure that you configure the appropriate item in the Configuration menu (Alt-F10) to use all memory.

And once you are running Windows, you can run XTree Gold either full-screen or in a window. First of all install XTree: in the Program Manager click on a group, such as Main, where you want to install XTree. Select File, New, fill in a suitable program description to appear beneath the icon, and for the command line enter "C:\XTGOLD\XTGOLD.COM /XM", then change the icon to C:\XTGOLD\XTGOLD.ICO. XTree can now be started in any of the normal Windows ways. It will normally come up as a full screen.

To change XTree to run in a window, key Alt-Rtn. This is a toggle, so a further Alt-Rtn will revert to full-screen mode. Incidentally, the books say you should use Alt-Enter; this doesn't work on my machine.

You can cycle through all the open programs with Alt-Tab: keep one finger on the Alt key, hit Tab repeatedly, and release Alt when the screen tells you that you have arrived at the desired program.

Tom Ruben

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