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On running any old programs that use 16 bit i get the error
"C:\Windows\System32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application" I get close and ignore buttons clicking either closes the program. Win XP SP1 Athlon 3200+ 1gig DDR 160gig HDD Any ideas? Woady |
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How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314495 -- Mary Sauer MS MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Me" wrote in message ... On running any old programs that use 16 bit i get the error "C:\Windows\System32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application" I get close and ignore buttons clicking either closes the program. Win XP SP1 Athlon 3200+ 1gig DDR 160gig HDD Any ideas? Woady |
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"Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314495 -- Mary Sauer MS MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Me" wrote in message ... On running any old programs that use 16 bit i get the error "C:\Windows\System32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application" I get close and ignore buttons clicking either closes the program. Win XP SP1 Athlon 3200+ 1gig DDR 160gig HDD Any ideas? Woady Thanks for that... All sorted now woady |
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Hi Me,
Create a new autoexec.nt file and save it to the \windows\system32 folder. Click start/run and type notepad, then click ok. Copy/paste the below code into it (instead of typing it in to prevent errors), then click file/"save as". Navigate to the C:\Windows\system32 folder, change the "save as file" type to "all types" and name the file autoexec.nt, then click save (if prompted to overwrite the existing one, do so). @echo off lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3 Reboot when finished. This usually fixes it, but you will find further steps here if it doesn't: Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767 Basically, you will have to expand new copies of command.com, autoexec.nt, and config.nt to the system32 folder from the WinXP CD or I386 folder on your hard drive, or copy them from the C:\Windows\repair folder to the C:\Windows\system32 folder. Sometimes, you need to create new ones and overwrite the existing ones - the method is described in the article. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Me" wrote in message ... On running any old programs that use 16 bit i get the error "C:\Windows\System32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application" I get close and ignore buttons clicking either closes the program. Win XP SP1 Athlon 3200+ 1gig DDR 160gig HDD Any ideas? Woady |
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