Can't load 16-bit programs

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Mike D

After an exciting adventure recovering from a SP-2
download that really hosed up my PC, I have a residual
problem I hope someone knows how to cure.

I run an older version of PaperPort scanner software from
ScanSoft for my Visioneer 8220 scanner. This software was
written for Windows '95, but has always worked fine with
my current Windows XP. Somehow the PaperPort application
got hosed as part of my SP-2 adventure, and now XP won't
let me reload it. When I try, I get the following message:

c:\ windows\system32\autoexec.nt The system file is not
suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft applications.

I tried to apply the fix outlined in MS KNowledge Base
article # 324767, but when I attenp to expand the
referenced file, the system tells me it can't access it.
This occurs when I try to access it from the XP CD-ROM,
and also happens if I copy the file from the CD-ROM to my
desktop and try to run the expand command from there.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
 
Thanks for the tip, Will. I ahve tried the fix outlined
in that article. The issue I run inrun into is that I am
unable to execute the expand command against the three
referenced files that reside on the XP Installation CD.
I'vr tried copying those files to my C drive (which I can
do), and run run the expand command against them in that
location, butI still can't open them.

Any thoughts?
 
Mike said:
After an exciting adventure recovering from a SP-2
download that really hosed up my PC, I have a residual
problem I hope someone knows how to cure.

I run an older version of PaperPort scanner software from
ScanSoft for my Visioneer 8220 scanner. This software was
written for Windows '95, but has always worked fine with
my current Windows XP. Somehow the PaperPort application
got hosed as part of my SP-2 adventure, and now XP won't
let me reload it. When I try, I get the following message:

c:\ windows\system32\autoexec.nt The system file is not
suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft applications.

I tried to apply the fix outlined in MS KNowledge Base
article # 324767, but when I attenp to expand the
referenced file, the system tells me it can't access it.
This occurs when I try to access it from the XP CD-ROM,
and also happens if I copy the file from the CD-ROM to my
desktop and try to run the expand command from there.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
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From a previous post by MVP Alex Nichol:

Edit autoexec.nt in Notepad. Some line has got added that should not be
there.
Aside from a lot of lines starting REM reduce it to

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

and possibly a SET or PATH line, by adding REM and a space at the start
of any others that do not already have it
 
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