16 bit subsystem problems

[Doctor Arcane]

I am attempting to run some older applications on a Windows 2000
machine, under a non administrator acccount. I keep getting the
following error:

16 BIT WINDOWS SUBSYSTEM C:\TMP A temporary file needed for
nitialization could not be created or could not be written to. ...

To answer the obvious: yes, there is enough space, yes the account
does have necessary permissions on the directory and all children
present in the directory. I tried setting the TEMP/TMP environment
variables to C:\TMP thinking the path might be giving it issues. I
tried making the user a power-user, I also tried enabling windows 95
compability mode. I looked at the config.nt and autoexec.nt and found
nothing out of the ordinary. Every 16-bit app like command.com
generates this error. These are public access machines, so I do not
want the account to be an admin.

I would love any ideas, I'm all out.

-arcane

please respond here or to arcane2501 - a - t - mail.com thanks!

 

[Alan Illeman]

I am attempting to run some older applications on a Windows 2000
machine, under a non administrator acccount. I keep getting the
following error:

16 BIT WINDOWS SUBSYSTEM C:\TMP A temporary file needed for
nitialization could not be created or could not be written to. ...

To answer the obvious: yes, there is enough space, yes the account
does have necessary permissions on the directory and all children
present in the directory. I tried setting the TEMP/TMP environment
variables to C:\TMP thinking the path might be giving it issues. I
tried making the user a power-user, I also tried enabling windows 95
compability mode. I looked at the config.nt and autoexec.nt and found
nothing out of the ordinary. Every 16-bit app like command.com
generates this error. These are public access machines, so I do not
want the account to be an admin.

I would love any ideas, I'm all out.

.. . .but did you actually go ahead and create "C:\TMP"? (I had a
similiar problem)

 

[Doctor Arcane]

. . .but did you actually go ahead and create "C:\TMP"? (I had a
similiar problem)

Yes, I created C:\TMP and set the permissions to allow Everyone to write.

 

[Alan Illeman]

"Alan Illeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message


Yes, I created C:\TMP and set the permissions to allow Everyone to write.

Just creating it, solved it for me, but I did give Everyone full control of
it.