Windows 3.0 apps can't find their files

[brett holcomb]

Does Ceaser 3 have copy protection?  If so you may need a 
nocd fix so you can run without the CD.  However, if 
Ceaser3 wants stuff such as scenery, files, music, etc. 
from the CD you're going to need it anyway.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:55:19 -0800
  "Mark Knecht" <mknecht at controlnet.com> wrote:
>
>> I just tried it with a shorter pathname, but it doesn't 
>>seem to make a
>> difference. All my paths were already 8.3 suitable 
>>though.
>> What paths could the program be reading from the 
>>'Windows' ini files? It
>> seems to be unable to find its own files, it wouldn't be 
>>logical if it
>> needed a path from an ini file to find its own files.
>>
>
>Hi,
>    Since I also had part of my path that didn't fit the 
>8.3 model, I tried
>this last night with Caesar 3, but it didn't help. Caesar 
>3 runs fine if I
>CD to /home/mark/.winex-cvs/fake_windows/SIERRA/Caesar 
>and then run winex --
>c3.exe, but nothing I've tried so far allows it to work 
>without the cd
>first...
>
>Mark
>
>
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