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I can not run DOS programs since last XP update

 
 
Desperate DOS apps user
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      5th Mar 2009
Since I installed last patch yesterday, every time I try to run a DOS program
from CMD window or directly by clicking on the DOS icon of the app I only get
a frozen DOS window... What can I do?
 
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Pauli Taglia
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      5th Mar 2009
Desperate DOS apps user <Desperate DOS apps
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>Since I installed last patch yesterday, every time I try to run a DOS program
>from CMD window or directly by clicking on the DOS icon of the app I only get
>a frozen DOS window... What can I do?


Umm... uninstall the "last patch"?
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]
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      5th Mar 2009
WinXP SP2 or WinXP SP3? What patch did you install yesterday?

Desperate DOS apps user wrote:
> Since I installed last patch yesterday, every time I try to run a DOS
> program from CMD window or directly by clicking on the DOS icon of the app
> I only get a frozen DOS window... What can I do?


 
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ju.c
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      6th Mar 2009
Try the 16-Bit Fix:

Info: http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/16bit_fix.htm
Download: http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Fil.../16bit_fix.exe
MSI Installer: http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/winfx16.msi


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"Desperate DOS apps user" <Desperate DOS apps (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Since I installed last patch yesterday, every time I try to run a DOS program
> from CMD window or directly by clicking on the DOS icon of the app I only get
> a frozen DOS window... What can I do?


 
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