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Running 16-bit WinBatch under NT 

Keywords:   16-bit WinBatch under NT

Question:

Is it safe to install the 16-bit WINBATCH (as recommended for Win 3.1x) under NT ? Will it actually work in a stable manner ? (I'm not intending to knock Winbatch : I'm more worried about the stability of the 16-bit subsystem under NT !).

Answer:

16 bit WinBatch works as well as any 16 bit program under NT. In general it works, with the following exceptions:
  1. RunWait and TimeDelay work but eat up a lot of CPU cycles.

  2. 16 bit WinBatch cannot send keystrokes to 32 bit applications.

  3. RunWait and AppExit and AppWaitClose can only see 16 bit applications.
But if all you want to do is launch something and exit, it should work fine. 
Article ID:   W12718

Filename:   16 bit WinBatch under NT.txt