DosX.exe

[Emcee]

Ive been trying to install and/or run certain programs,
but I keep getting an error msg that tells me something
like,"windows cannot enter 16-bit protected mode;
dosx.exe needs to be in your autoexec.nt and your path."

Can anyone tell me how to edit autoexec.nt to fix this?
It is not in readable characters.

Thank you!

 

[David Candy]

Well it should be as it;s a text file filled with instructions (99%) for the settings (1%).

Get a new one off the CD. DosX in on by default.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Ive been trying to install and/or run certain programs,
but I keep getting an error msg that tells me something
like,"windows cannot enter 16-bit protected mode;
dosx.exe needs to be in your autoexec.nt and your path."

Can anyone tell me how to edit autoexec.nt to fix this?
It is not in readable characters.

Then it is damaged. It ought to be a simple text file in
windows\system32 that you can edit with Notepad. Basically the contents
are below - I have stripped out a lot of REM lines from mine. You could
remove the commenting rem from two lines if you want to enable that
support in a DOS window, and you might have additional SET lines:

@echo off

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

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

REM Install DPMI support [the one of interest]
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3


SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PROMPT=$p$g