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Geek Culture / MS-DOS help needed please!!!

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A Crazy Dutch
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Location: Gillette, WY
Posted: 6th Jun 2007 20:19
Ok so when I try and open up MS-DOS it gives me this weird error window that says:


16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem

C:\WINDOWS\_default.pif
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.

Close Ignore


and I don't know what to do here. I've tried clicking Ignore and it just try's to open it again and then that same window pops up again. And Close of course just closes MS-DOS.

Also when I try opening a program like DAS (Disney Animation Studio) which runs in DOS. It brings up a similar window that says:


16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem

C:\DOCUME~1\Jerrid\Desktop\DOSGAM~1\DAS\DAS.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.

Close Ignore


And once again it does the same thing.

Any ideas, all help is welcomed and greatly appreciated.

Shlinty...or should I say Shlintay!
xplosys
18
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Joined: 5th Jan 2006
Playing: FPSC Multiplayer Games
Posted: 6th Jun 2007 20:39 Edited at: 6th Jun 2007 20:41
Look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324767

And remember, Google is your friend. Copy and paste the contents of any error message into Google to find relevent articles and help.

Best.

I'm sorry, my answers are limited. You must ask the right question.

zenassem
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Location: Long Island, NY
Posted: 6th Jun 2007 21:15
Only becuase I don't see it in that article. I have repaired these types of errors by

Make sure you have your OS CD and go to the command prompt and type

sfc /scannow

Zaibatsu
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Joined: 1st May 2006
Location: Lost in Thought
Posted: 7th Jun 2007 00:50
easy way out, buy a cheap windows 98 computer. Just double click on the file and it will open it is dos for you. Thats what i do for all my older games.

"I admire its purity, a survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality"

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