XP error message
When trying to run certain programs or installers I get the following message:
C:\WINDOWS\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS_DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. It started happening after I messed with the envirnment variables trying to get java to run from the command prompt. Any ideas? |
un-mess them.. hopefully you have system restore on.. or reinstall.. unless you or someone know alot about environment variables..
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I've already tried sys restore it always fails saying it cannot restore to the selected point.
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did you try a different point? or is there only one
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Yes I get the same error message with every point.
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AUTOEXEC.NT isn't all that important, and shouldn't be in the Windows directory, as far as I know, I've always seen it in the System32 folder in all my installations. It's just a batch file though, so you can edit it in Notepad. Here's what it should look like:
Code:
@echo off |
the autoexec is diff for diff people... he may not have a sound blaster card for example...
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The only lines that really matter are these:
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx All the rest are remarks... They don't make a difference and I don't have a soundblaster myself. That is just a standard AUTOEXEC.NT... |
I fixed it, the autoexec.nt file was in windows/repair so I moved it to system32 and now everything works fine
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Thanks for the great info! Dell couldn't figure that out for me.
One question though. What causes that particular error message and how do I prevent it? Preacher |
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