[Mono-list] 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem

[George Birbilis]

edit.exe is MS-DOS application
same is command.com

cmd.com (maybe its cmd.exe is different, it seems to be a Win32 console
application [not available at Win9x])

so fix your AUTOEXEC.NT file which is run by the system when you open a
virtual MS-DOS machine (obviously you're using WinNT4/2000/XP). It must have
been damaged or contain some wrong settings (or replaced by some
trojan/virus). Run antivirus first (try www.trend.com, then "personal" page,
then run the free online housecall antivirus [will ask to autoinstall Java
if needed]). Else try opening that file in NOTEPAD and see what it contains.
Can try renaming it to autoexec._nt and replacing it with one from another
system (WITH THE SAME OS VERSION!!!) where MS-DOS apps do run OK

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amrit Kohli" <amrit@wayne.edu>
To: <mono-list@lists.ximian.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: [Mono-list] 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem


> I am having another problem with my command prompt that seems to have just
> cropped up after I installed the Mono package.  When I try to run "edit"
> from the command line, I get this message:
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>
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> Mono-1.0.2 Command Prompt - edit
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> D:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running
> MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.
>
> Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
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> I also get this same error when I try to run "command" from the start>run
> prompt.  Is this a mono-related issue or is this about something entirely
> different?
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> Thanks,
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> Amrit
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>
>
> ----
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> Amrit Kohli
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> amrit@wayne.edu
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