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--- agm:2011:portableapps [2011/11/11 21:14] – Malcolm Austen
+++ agm:2011:portableapps [2011/11/11 22:29] – [And finally Pedigree] Malcolm Austen
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 N.B. It would do that anyway if there were no c:\pedigree folder to be found, but you will probably be testing this out on your home computer which does have a c:\pedigree :-)
-===== And then we want to get Pedigree running too =====
+===== And finally Pedigree =====
 To start with, I suggest you add two Apps to your menu:
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 On a 64 but Windows 7 system that won't work but Colin's FAQ has the answer - DOSbox is available as a Portable App.
+Before going further, check whether your pedigree folder includes the file dpmi16bi.ovl and if it is not there you should follow Colin's FAQ instructions for 64bit Win7 and install Ped26N. Even if it is there, you might want to check you have your version of Pedigree as up-to-date as possible!
 If u: is the drive letter of your USB drive, run DOSbox and at the Z: prompt type:
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   pedigree
-If you have installed pedigree for DOS recently, all may be well. If, like me, you have not reinstalled Pedigree for many a year you may get an error referring to the file dpmi16bi.ovl in which case you will need to add that file to your USB pedigree folder - download it from here ... dpmi16bi.ovl
+At this point you may still have Pedigree in a very small window ... something to work on!