LINK Default Creates .EXE File for Protected-Mode Windows

ID: Q85507

5.3x 5.50 MS-DOS kbtool

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, versions 5.3x and 5.5

By default, Microsoft LINK versions 5.3 and later produce applications for the protected-mode Microsoft Windows operating system. To create an application for real-mode Windows version 3.0, specify EXETYPE WINDOWS REALMODE in the application's module-definition (.DEF) file.

For more information on new LINK features and module-definition files, refer to chapter 16 in the Microsoft C/C++ "Environment and Tools" manual for version 7.0 or to the online help file.

Additional reference words: kbinf 5.30 5.31.009 5.50 KBCategory: kbtool KBSubcategory: LinkIss Keywords : kb16bitonly

Last Reviewed: July 18, 1997