Running Windows 3.x in MS-DOS 7.10

MS-DOS 7.10 is one of the best and most useful DOS versions available today, with a significant increase in functionality compared to MS-DOS 6.x. Its startup disk and full installation version can be downloaded from the website and the China Dos Alliance forum. MS-DOS 7.10 enables the classic and well-known Windows 3.x to effectively use these features because of its full support for FAT32 drives, large hard drives, long filenames, and so on. By running Windows 3.x under MS-DOS 7.10, win3.x can also run well on FAT32 drives and large hard drives. Win3.x is fully compatible with MS-DOS 7.10.

To run win3.x under MS-DOS 7.10, first install win3.x through the "MS-DOS 7.10 Full installation version", install DOS and then install win3.x, and the system should be configured automatically after reboot. To enter the win3.x, just enter the win command directly under the DOS command line as usual to enter the win3.x. The way to get to Windows 9x is similar, please see related articles.

However, there are some details of the use of the problem can be noted. Since win3.x is older and does not support the establishment of a permanent swap file on the FAT32 drive, replace it with a temporary swap file (note: This is the default value, it is completely normal to use it), or use a permanent swap file under the fat16/fat12 drive. Some programs (such as MS Word 6.0, etc.) require file sharing, so be sure to load the file share program share command (usually loaded after DOS installation) before win3.x runs.

An important update to MS-DOS 7.10 is the full support for large memory, compared to the previous version of DOS (such as MS-DOS 6.x). That is, if the physical memory in the system is very large (such as 512MB), they will also be recognized and used by MS-DOS 7.10 and the win3.x running on it. However, because the default value of the win3.x itself is not good for large memory over 256MB, it may appear "Pageovercommit value in System" when the memory in the system is more than 256MB win3.x boot. INI is too large. Decrease the value, or if not present, add a setting this is less than 4. Information about the error message. Just modify the default value of the win3.x, that is, add a line to the [386Enh] entry in System.ini (modify it directly if you have one) pageovercommit=x, so that the system's physical memory size and x product is no more than 1024MB (1GB), Like what:

[386ENH]

...

pageovercommit=2

...

Assume that the system's physical memory is 512MB, and the above Pageovercommit value is 2, because at this time their product (512MB*2=1024MB) is not more than 1024MB, then start win3.x should be all normal. Note: This setting only needs to be modified if the system memory is large (>256MB) and the above error message occurs when the win3.x is started. In general, win3.x can be started and used normally, without any modification.

Another thing to note is that before entering the win3.x, please run win directly under the root folder (such as C:\), or you can switch the current folder (or execute the cd\windows directly after exiting the win3.x), such as cd\. You can also set up a batch file, such as file name W32.bat, to automate these actions to avoid error prompts that may occur in some cases when win3.x exits.