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[Privacy]

HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

cheers

Pete


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Privacy wrote:

HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

cheers

Pete

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[D. Stussy]

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Privacy wrote:

HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

Try reinstalling it.

Some functions, such as sorting, are delegated to other program files run as
subprocesses - and one of those is an MS-DOS program.

If that doesn't help, contact the author of the program at the address
designated in the help file.

[Privacy]

In message <[email protected]>, D. Stussy
<[email protected]> writes

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Privacy wrote:
HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

Try reinstalling it.

Some functions, such as sorting, are delegated to other program files run as
subprocesses - and one of those is an MS-DOS program.

If that doesn't help, contact the author of the program at the address
designated in the help file.

Only trouble is it is happening to a lot of the MS DOS programs
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54 FLHRCI

[Robert Heiling]

Privacy wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, D. Stussy
[email protected]> writes
On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Privacy wrote:
HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

Try reinstalling it.

Some functions, such as sorting, are delegated to other program files run as
subprocesses - and one of those is an MS-DOS program.

If that doesn't help, contact the author of the program at the address
designated in the help file.

Only trouble is it is happening to a lot of the MS DOS programs

Have you examined that autoexec.nt file (with Wordpad) as yet? It should be 2KB in
size and begin with:
--------------------------------
@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx
------------------------------------

Between the time that it all last ran correctly and the time that it first failed,
what if any new software did you install. What new applications did you run? What
else unusual has happened with the system? Did you add or modify any user
accounts? etc?

Bob

[Privacy]

In message <[email protected]>, Robert Heiling
<[email protected]> writes

Privacy wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, D. Stussy
[email protected]> writes
On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Privacy wrote:
HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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

Please can someone tell me why they have been running OK previously.
Emptied cache & temporary files only now this happens??
Please help

Try reinstalling it.

Some functions, such as sorting, are delegated to other program files run as
subprocesses - and one of those is an MS-DOS program.

If that doesn't help, contact the author of the program at the address
designated in the help file.

Only trouble is it is happening to a lot of the MS DOS programs

Have you examined that autoexec.nt file (with Wordpad) as yet? It
should be 2KB in
size and begin with:
--------------------------------
@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx
Hi Bob got a couple one is 1.64 kb

one is 2kb
what exactly am I looking for sorry about this.

------------------------------------

Between the time that it all last ran correctly and the time that it
first failed,
what if any new software did you install. What new applications did you
run? What
else unusual has happened with the system? Did you add or modify any user
accounts? etc?
Cannot recollect anything else happening, installing or modifying etc.

except for running virus checker etc. and deleting temporary files &
cache ?
Cheers
Pete

[Robert Heiling]

Privacy wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, Robert Heiling
[email protected]> writes
Privacy wrote:
In message <[email protected]>, D. Stussy
[email protected]> writes
On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Privacy wrote:
HELP

Trying to run a report in BK6
and other MS DOS based genealogy programs.

do not know what has happened they now will not run.
Getting error message :--

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
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
snip
Only trouble is it is happening to a lot of the MS DOS programs
Have you examined that autoexec.nt file (with Wordpad) as yet? It
should be 2KB in size and begin with:
--------------------------------
@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.
snip
Hi Bob got a couple one is 1.64 kb one is 2kb
what exactly am I looking for sorry about this.

We were only trying to find out if that file had been corrupted somehow.

Cannot recollect anything else happening, installing or modifying etc.
except for running virus checker etc. and deleting temporary files &
cache ?

I'll assume you mean that you've done that via Internet Explorer and not via Windows
Explorer/My Computer. Take a look at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;324767
and see if that helps you.

HTH
Bob

[Privacy]

Only trouble is it is happening to a lot of the MS DOS programs
Have you examined that autoexec.nt file (with Wordpad) as yet? It
should be 2KB in size and begin with:
--------------------------------
@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.
snip
Hi Bob got a couple one is 1.64 kb one is 2kb
what exactly am I looking for sorry about this.

We were only trying to find out if that file had been corrupted somehow.

Cannot recollect anything else happening, installing or modifying etc.
except for running virus checker etc. and deleting temporary files &
cache ?

I'll assume you mean that you've done that via Internet Explorer and
not via Windows
Explorer/My Computer. Take a look at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;324767
and see if that helps you.

HTH
Bob

Hi Bob

That helped immensely, Thanks
now all running OK still a mystery why that happened though.

Many thanks

Pete