Old games on xp

[Guest]

I've recently purchased some old classic games like theme hospital and dungen
keeper 2 for my laptop. It says on the boxes that it will work on windows xp
but when i try to install them it says '' 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". The header for the
window that contains this msg is 16 bit windows subsystem. In fact when i've
tried to run any ms-dos programs that are on the computer i'm getting the
same msg. Please help! It's driving me crazy!

Regards,
Brian

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767&Product=winxp

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314495&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I've recently purchased some old classic games like theme hospital and dungen
| keeper 2 for my laptop. It says on the boxes that it will work on windows xp
| but when i try to install them it says '' 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". The header for the
| window that contains this msg is 16 bit windows subsystem. In fact when i've
| tried to run any ms-dos programs that are on the computer i'm getting the
| same msg. Please help! It's driving me crazy!
|
| Regards,
| Brian

 

[Malke]

I've recently purchased some old classic games like theme hospital and
dungen keeper 2 for my laptop. It says on the boxes that it will work
on windows xp but when i try to install them it says ''
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". The header for the window that contains
this msg is 16 bit windows subsystem. In fact when i've tried to run
any ms-dos programs that are on the computer i'm getting the same msg.
Please help! It's driving me crazy!

Find the autoexec.nt file that is in %windir%\repair\ and copy it to
%windir%\system32\ (%windir% is typically C:\Windows). Now see if you
can run the programs.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Cheers boss that did it

Find the autoexec.nt file that is in %windir%\repair\ and copy it to
%windir%\system32\ (%windir% is typically C:\Windows). Now see if you
can run the programs.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

 

[Malke]

Cheers boss that did it

Excellent! Enjoy your Old Skool games.

Malke