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   Auric__ to pyotr filipivich   
   Re: old software question Clock.exe from   
   05 Aug 13 07:33:56   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   pyotr filipivich wrote:   
      
   > I am using the clock program from Windows 3.1 so that I can have a   
   > dial faced clock "where I can see it."   I just copied it over from   
   > the Windows 3.1 machine (or archive - I do not recall exactly) and it   
   > has run fin ever since.   
   >   
   > Save for one small problem.  It always starts in the middle of the   
   > screen.  Not normally a problem, except I am running dual monitors, so   
   > it starts - you guessed it, right in the middle, "behind" the gap. I'd   
   > like to change that location, but have been unable to figure out how   
   > to do so.   
   >      There is a CLOCK.INI file in the same directory, but it does not   
   > seem to get updated by any changes made to the program.   
   >   
   >      [Clock]   
   >      Maximized=0   
   >      Options=0,0,1,1,1,1   
   >      Position=472,0,576,48   
   >      sFont=Arial   
   >   
   > for grins and giggles I set the font to "Isabella" (looks like letters   
   > from a 13th C book of hours) - yet no changes to the INI file.   
   >   
   > Anyone have any idea how to go about convincing WINXp to create a PIF   
   > file for this application?  Or to convince clock where it needs to   
   > look for the INI file?   Or to beat the "properties" tag into   
   > submission?   Or even a simple alternative program?   
      
   Try changing some of the "Position" numbers to 0 (zero). I imagine some   
   combination will tell it where to go.   
      
   Also, try changing "sFont" to Isabella, see if that does something you like.   
      
   Otherwise, it's quite possible that the settings are saved in the registry.   
   (Win 3.x had a registry, it just wasn't used quite as much as nowadays.)   
      
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