"LibraryMan" <mrm### [at] attnet> wrote in message
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> I know, but what I actually did was to write a little 'script' that swaps
> out the active "cards.dll" file depending on which solitaire game my wife
> wants to play (two different games that have incompatible DLL files, but
> unfortunately they're named the same).
> So the icon that starts the game is actually starting a minimized batch
file
> which first copies appropriate file to the name "cards.dll," then starts
> the game, hopefully maximized.  And yes, she *might* get a little put-out
> if all of the sudden she has to start maximizing when she didn't have to
> before, because I'd been "messing with her computer again" ;-)
>
> --LibraryMan

Why not store each .exe in a separate directory with its own appropriate
version of cards.dll, and then put the .dll most commonly used in the System
directory?  That way, just use the correct active directory, and you don't
have problems.

...Chambers

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