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Old July 5th 05, 11:32 PM
cheryl
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i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my computer. How
can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help
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Old July 6th 05, 12:01 AM
Galen
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In news cheryl had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my
computer. How can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help


Cheryl,

You might try a 95, 98, or ME group. This is XP. g

Anyhow, if you're at the C: prompt try "cd windows" and you should then see
a bunch of stuff. If you do, it's been a while, then you should be able to
either type "win" or just exit and restart it. Err... It's been a LONG time
so I'd really recommend that you ask in a non-XP group as there isn't DOS
included with XP.

Galen
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  #3  
Old July 6th 05, 02:36 AM
Miss Perspicacia Tick
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cheryl wrote:
i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my
computer. How can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help


Do, please, enlighten us as to how you managed such a feat on a system
running XP. You must be supremely talented as you cannot "open in MS-DOS
mode" - Windows XP does not have a "DOS mode".


  #4  
Old July 6th 05, 03:37 PM
Al Romanosky
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Cheryl -First let me apologize for the sarcasm (rudeness) expressed by some
"experts" who respond to "please help" requests. Second - you need to
provide more detail e.g. "i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I
shut down my computer" - exactly what did you "click"- Clicked open and shut
down are at odds. When you attempt to start Windows
what shows on the screen - does it just show "C:\" which you are referring
to as DOS mode?

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Old July 6th 05, 03:48 PM
David Candy
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type exit or try

win /w

and/or

win /wx

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Old July 6th 05, 03:49 PM
David Candy
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/w Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and =
Autoexec.wos and prompts: Press Any Key To continue... Pressing a key =
reboots the system back to Windows 95.
/wx Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and =
Autoexec.wos and reboots the system to Windows 95. NOTE: .wos files are =
created when you open a program requiring MS-DOS mode and you have =
specified a new MS-DOS-mode configuration. You might need to use the /W =
or /WX switch if you shut off your computer while you are running an =
MS-DOS-based program that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to =
Windows 95.

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Old July 6th 05, 04:38 PM
neil
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"Windows 95", I thought these were Windows XP questions.


"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
/w Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and
Autoexec.wos and prompts: Press Any Key To continue... Pressing a key
reboots the system back to Windows 95.
/wx Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and
Autoexec.wos and reboots the system to Windows 95. NOTE: .wos files are
created when you open a program requiring MS-DOS mode and you have specified
a new MS-DOS-mode configuration. You might need to use the /W or /WX switch
if you shut off your computer while you are running an MS-DOS-based program
that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to Windows 95.

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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html
=================================================
"cheryl" wrote in message
news
i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my computer. How
can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help
--
Cheryl Cochrum



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Old July 6th 05, 04:42 PM
David Candy
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As one can't restart NT in Dos mode it must be Win 9x or Win 3x, I took =
a punt on the 9 series.

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"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message =
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"Windows 95", I thought these were Windows XP questions.
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"David Candy" . wrote in message=20
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/w Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and =


Autoexec.wos and prompts: Press Any Key To continue... Pressing a key=20
reboots the system back to Windows 95.
/wx Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and =


Autoexec.wos and reboots the system to Windows 95. NOTE: .wos files =

are=20
created when you open a program requiring MS-DOS mode and you have =

specified=20
a new MS-DOS-mode configuration. You might need to use the /W or /WX =

switch=20
if you shut off your computer while you are running an MS-DOS-based =

program=20
that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to Windows 95.
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"cheryl" wrote in message=20
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Please help
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Old July 6th 05, 05:10 PM
neil
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I never saw the original post but as I remember you type "exit" in the DOS
window and the PC will re-start normally.

Neil

"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
As one can't restart NT in Dos mode it must be Win 9x or Win 3x, I took a
punt on the 9 series.

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"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message
...
"Windows 95", I thought these were Windows XP questions.


"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
/w Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and
Autoexec.wos and prompts: Press Any Key To continue... Pressing a key
reboots the system back to Windows 95.
/wx Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos and
Autoexec.wos and reboots the system to Windows 95. NOTE: .wos files are
created when you open a program requiring MS-DOS mode and you have
specified
a new MS-DOS-mode configuration. You might need to use the /W or /WX
switch
if you shut off your computer while you are running an MS-DOS-based
program
that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to Windows 95.

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html
=================================================
"cheryl" wrote in message
news
i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my computer.
How
can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help
--
Cheryl Cochrum





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Old July 6th 05, 05:18 PM
David Candy
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.... will re-start normally USUALLY.=20

You might need to use the /W or /WX=20
switch
if you shut off your computer while you are running an MS-DOS-based=20
program
that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to Windows 95.


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"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message =
...
I never saw the original post but as I remember you type "exit" in the =

DOS=20
window and the PC will re-start normally.
=20
Neil
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"David Candy" . wrote in message=20
...
As one can't restart NT in Dos mode it must be Win 9x or Win 3x, I =

took a=20
punt on the 9 series.
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"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message=20
...
"Windows 95", I thought these were Windows XP questions.


"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
/w Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos =

and
Autoexec.wos and prompts: Press Any Key To continue... Pressing a key
reboots the system back to Windows 95.
/wx Restores the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files from Config.wos =

and
Autoexec.wos and reboots the system to Windows 95. NOTE: .wos files =

are
created when you open a program requiring MS-DOS mode and you have=20
specified
a new MS-DOS-mode configuration. You might need to use the /W or /WX=20
switch
if you shut off your computer while you are running an MS-DOS-based=20
program
that requires MS-DOS mode and you want to return to Windows 95.

--=20
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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html
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"cheryl" wrote in message
news
i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my =

computer.=20
How
can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help
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Cheryl Cochrum


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Old July 7th 05, 12:20 AM
Dre
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Once again, absolutely no help.
Why do you even bother?

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
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cheryl wrote:
i accidently clicked open in ms-dos mode when I shut down my
computer. How can I get it back to open in windows/

Please help


Do, please, enlighten us as to how you managed such a feat on a system
running XP. You must be supremely talented as you cannot "open in MS-DOS
mode" - Windows XP does not have a "DOS mode".



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Old July 7th 05, 08:42 AM
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This lady really has a mighty big chip on her shoulder. She is sarcastic and
picks up on trivial inaccuracies without offering even the slightest level
of help to folks who ask questions. She should remember people who post are
not newsgroup junkies, they neither know or care about ettiquette, but just
want a simple solution to what might be their first ever computer problem.
Miss P should lighten up and concentrate on being a useful contributer or
expect posts like this. If you dish it out you should also be able to take
it!

Chelsea


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Old July 7th 05, 10:54 AM
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"Chelsea" wrote in message
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This lady really has a mighty big chip on her shoulder. She is sarcastic
and picks up on trivial inaccuracies without offering even the slightest
level of help to folks who ask questions. She should remember people who
post are not newsgroup junkies, they neither know or care about
ettiquette, but just want a simple solution to what might be their first
ever computer problem. Miss P should lighten up and concentrate on being a
useful contributer or expect posts like this. If you dish it out you
should also be able to take it!

Chelsea

At least Miss P. Tick has the common courtesy to quote the thread she is
responding to.
As it stands, your post is like a fart in the wind...no one knows where it
came from.

Bobby


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Old July 7th 05, 12:25 PM
Chelsea
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At least Miss P. Tick has the common courtesy to quote the thread she is
responding to.
As it stands, your post is like a fart in the wind...no one knows where it
came from.

Bobby


Well you are entitled to your opinion, but as my reply was part of a sub
thread directly linked to the original comments of Miss Perspicacia Tick, I
would have thought that that anyone with even the most modest amount of
common sense would have known what I was referring too. I suspect you knew
what I was talking about but you saw a chance to jump in and add what you
thought was a clever comment. I personally think the practice of repeating
the contents of previous post within a thread is just a waste of bandwidth.
People who really want to help will read the thread starting at the
beginning. I normally respond on Expert Exchange where the rudeness that
seems to happen here is more or less absence-that might be because its a
subscription service and the more moronic contigents cannot post, but Bobby
when I see you provide a technical response to a question, even if its
wrong, I will start to respect your views.

Chelsea


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Old July 7th 05, 01:13 PM
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"Chelsea" wrote in message
...

At least Miss P. Tick has the common courtesy to quote the thread she is
responding to.
As it stands, your post is like a fart in the wind...no one knows where

it
came from.

Bobby


Well you are entitled to your opinion, but as my reply was part of a sub
thread directly linked to the original comments of Miss Perspicacia Tick,

I
would have thought that that anyone with even the most modest amount of
common sense would have known what I was referring too.


What you obviously don't know, is that this newsgroup is replicated over
THOUSANDS of servers throughout the entire world, and because of that there
may be timing differences, lost posts etc etc. Also, if someone sees your
post as the first post in the thread, (which happens quite often), as you
didn't quote the post you were replying to, he wouldn't have a clue what you
are on about.

It is Usenet custom and convention, to quote the post you are replying to.

Have a look here for more info:
http://alt-usage-english.org/posting_quotes.html


 




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