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Skriven 2010-02-21 19:34:37 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 60050 av Bo Simonsen (2:236/100.0)
Ärende: leftovers
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On 21-02-10 1:00 PM, Bo Simonsen -> Holger Granholm wrote:
 BS>>> I guess I am asking a stupid question, but what is a PIF file?

 HG>> Well, it's a long story and I would suggest that you open your Windows
 HG>> manual and read about creating and using *.PIF files. I'm no expert.

 BS> I don't have such manual.. ;)

 BS> Maybe I should read about it on wikipedia or so.

1) Was it ever clarified whether the original posting really meant *.PIF rather
than a typographical error meant to be *.PDF ???

2) If PIF - these are 'Program Information Files' and originated in early
versions of Windows (I first came across them with Windows 2.x around 1989 or
so) - and I think in OS/2 as well - as a way to store setting associated with
DOS programs when run under Windows. The PIF file includes settings for a
custom icon to associate with the DOS file, settings for expanded or extended
memory, whether to run full-screen or windowed, text font and size to use (if
in a windowed text mode), etc. Early Windows versions (including Win 3.x)
included a PIFMGR utility to be used to create or edit PIF files.

In Win95 and later, creating a shortcut to a DOS *.EXE or *.COM file creates a
PIF file, while creating a shortcut to a Windows *.EXE file creates a simpler
LNK file - it you right-click on a PIF file in one of these versions of
Windows, you will see much more complex properties with the sorts of settings I
mentioned above. As a result, a PFMGR utility is no longer needed.

Ah - according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Information_File:

PIF files originated with TopView, and then were used in DesqView and Windows.

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