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    From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Saturday, July 30, 2022 04:42:54
    CP wrote --

    But they've dropped some commands & I can't run most of my old utilities I found or created to make DOS work just as I wanted.

    I don't think I have anything like that. Unless they are on a old CD and
    no longer used or thought about.

    I have RDK.exe for that -- Rock's Directory Killer - takes out an entire directory & everything inside

    I have three folders: Z, ZZ, ZZZ for some temporary files.
    Z is for more regularly used files of one sort or another.
    ZZ is my default download folder rather then use the download folder for
    Win. Its a lot easier to find.
    ZZZ is rarely used and might just delete it someday.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to JOE MACKEY on Saturday, July 30, 2022 09:43:00
    Joe,

    ZZZ is rarely used and might just delete it someday.

    Like when you try to work on the computer when you're tired. <g,d,r>

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to DARYL STOUT on Monday, August 01, 2022 04:32:24
    Daryl wrote --

    ZZZ is rarely used and might just delete it someday.

    Like when you try to work on the computer when you're tired. <g,d,r>

    Something like that.
    Joe


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  • From George Pope@1:153/757 to Joe Mackey on Friday, September 30, 2022 13:52:46
    CP wrote --
    But they've dropped some commands & I can't run most of my old utilities I
    found or created to make DOS work just as I wanted.
    I don't think I have anything like that. Unless they are on a old CD and
    no longer used or thought about.

    I put them into an executable PKZIP file & emailed it to one of my yahoo accounts.

    I have RDK.exe for that -- Rock's Directory Killer - takes out an entire
    directory & everything inside
    I have three folders: Z, ZZ, ZZZ for some temporary files.
    Z is for more regularly used files of one sort or another.
    ZZ is my default download folder rather then use the download folder for
    Win. Its a lot easier to find.
    ZZZ is rarely used and might just delete it someday.

    Occasionally I've installed a new Windows into a differently-named folder, just to see what tries to install into C:\WINDOWS by forced default folder. Ditto, I put the programs I've approved into C:\PROGRAMS, & don't create a "C:\PROGRAM FILES" for the same reason. Caught lots of spyware & scamware like that. . .

    I'm just want to find a way to stop Microsoft from barging into my computer any time it wants, & force-downgrading me to their latest version of their spyware system, still called "Windows."

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