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Dave Yeo

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #45 on: June 02, 2026, 12:06:21 am »
The 6.1 version of the Corel suite for Windows 3.1 is 16-bit.  I looked at my disk of the version 7 of the suite and it is labeled as being 16-bit as well.  Some information I read (regarding installing 6.1) said to create a directory, observing the 8.3 filename convention, copy the files/folders from the Corel disk into that directory, then run the installation/setup file from that directory (some of it says to use the command prompt to run the file).  Does that sound doable?  Should I add some partitions to the drive?

That sounds doable, seems I remember other software with the same recommendation.
More partitions if you have the free space, wouldn't hurt. Put programs on their own partition and if you need to reinstall, things should go easier.
Use LVM to partition, decide whether to use HPFS or JFS as a file system. JFS is better in most ways but may be slightly more unstable at your OS level.

And thanks aziz for the pointer

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #46 on: June 02, 2026, 05:53:25 am »
Getting closer but still no cigar.  I copied the files from the Corel disk into a temporary directory.  Then I ran setup.exe from a command prompt.  It generally went smoothly.  There was one file it asked for during the installation and I pointed to either the original disk on the CD drive or the files in the temporary directly.  I had to try a few folders before I found the one it wanted.  Quattro Pro and Paradox both seem to run well but WordPerfect itself still won't.  When I try to start it I get a message about a missing .dll file.  I know the file is present because I ran a search for it.  The installation puts the majority of files in C:\Corel\Office . . .   but still puts as few into C:\OS2\mdos\system.  Since this is a Windows 3.1 installation I wonder what the equivalent directory in Win3.1 would be and if I created a directory in OS/2 with the same name and put the .dll's in it if this would work?  Also getting a message that Presentations requires Windows to be in 386 enhanced mode.  I'm assuming there's no way to get that in OS/2 (?).  The OS/2 WordPerfect Integration Tools, which were apparently designed for WP 5.2 and 6.1, won't install because it says it can't find any PerfectOffice components installed.  If I can't get v7 installed then I may try 6.1.

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #47 on: June 02, 2026, 06:24:36 am »
By "C:\OS2\mdos\system" do you mean C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM? That is where the DLL's should go.
For enhanced mode, open the properties for WordPerfect, go to the Session tab, push the WIN-OS2 Properties button then the Win-OS2 Settings  radio button then OK. Then you can choose the WIN_RUN_MODE, namely Enhanced, save and WP should be using Enhanced Mode. You can pick other settings such as clipboard sharing there too.

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #48 on: June 02, 2026, 03:47:20 pm »
Hello

Just by curiosity I tried a WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows (windows 3.1) CD image and it installed.

If I run "WPWIN60.EXE" I got the same "SHWIN20.DLL" missing error.
"WPWIN.EXE" runs and shows the GUI.

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #49 on: June 02, 2026, 08:26:01 pm »
At the moment I cannot see the different .exe files.  I seem to have created another problem.  I had been seeing a message in the System settings that my mouse was not installed properly (PS2 mouse).  In config.sys there was DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS.  I changed that to OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS.  The system locked up when I booted up again.  I was able to get to an archived copy from a couple of days ago and loaded another config.sys.  It booted up but the workplace shell had no objects except the ones that that were originally loaded.  I tried doing Add Programs and that didn't really help.  I can see folders but not a lot of the files I should be seeing.  I guess I need to learn to be more careful.

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #50 on: June 02, 2026, 10:41:52 pm »
 DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS is the virtual DOS (and WinOS2) mouse driver. Kind of surprised that removing it locked up the system.

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Re: WordPerfect Install on OS/2
« Reply #51 on: June 02, 2026, 10:59:43 pm »
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS is the virtual DOS (and WinOS2) mouse driver. Kind of surprised that removing it locked up the system.

Surprised me too.  I thought I had restarted it yesterday after trying the installation of WP but maybe I didn't.  But, it started back fine once I had a config.sys with the mouse driver back like it was.