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Command.com doesn't work / Can't install 16bit appication on XP pro SP3

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by appleberry

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I tried to install a 16 bit application (WEBOPEN)on a 32bit XP pro SP3 machine but the .exe file wouldn't work at all. No error messages -NADA. I was told to check the NTVDM subsystem by trying to run Command.com - No success. I tried to replace the Config.net and Autoexec.net files from the CD but that didn't work either. I would appreciate any thoughts on this since I really need to use this program. This particular application runs on every other identical machines in our office.

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by seanferd

Check your path variable, and look in the autoexec.nt and config.nt files to see what is in there. You may need to add a path to the DOS folder. Check also the shortcut files for the commands or app to see if they have the proper settings for memory and such.

These might help:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5206-11183-0.html?forumID=89&threadID=186248&start=0

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=760343

http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/16bit_fix.htm

http://www.freewarefiles.com/Windows-XP-Fix-For-Bit-Subsystem-Error_program_44713.html

by appleberry

it's a DOS application. It works on an identical machine.

by willcomp

For an installable DOS app, you need to run install from a Command prompt.

by older mycroft

Therefore attempting to 'install' it into a 32-bit OS is doomed to failure because it will automatically be 'launched in the background'.

Your first course of action should be to TALK to whoever actually got this program running on all these other identical machines in your office.

Unless of course, it was you that installed all the other instances, in which case we have a lapse of memory?

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