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From: | Denis Bernard <dbernard AT teleglobe DOT ca> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos,comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.desqview,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.pcgeos,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision |
Subject: | Re: How do I solve the problem of "Cannot find command.com, system halted?" |
Date: | Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:01:45 -0500 |
Organization: | Teleglobe Canada Inc. |
Lines: | 21 |
Distribution: | inet |
Message-ID: | <314F12A9.263@teleglobe.ca> |
References: | <4ienei$l5d AT apollo DOT isisnet DOT com> <skhickm DOT 230 DOT 0022E19A AT azstarnet DOT com> |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Steve Hickman wrote: > > In article <4ienei$l5d AT apollo DOT isisnet DOT com> bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com (cyberbob) writes: > >From: bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com (cyberbob) > >Subject: How do I solve the problem of "Cannot find command.com, system halted?" > >Date: 16 Mar 1996 15:41:06 GMT > > >I run win 3x have dos 6.22 and recieve the message: "invalid > >command.com, system halted." Help is appreciated at > >bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com > > Your system is telling you it tried to refresh COMMAND.COM and couldn't > find it. Be sure your COMSPEC environment variable is valid. Use the SET > command (just type SET then press Enter) to see where your system expects > to find COMMAND.COM then be sure its really there, or code SET COMSPEC > in your AUTOEXEC.BAT to set the variable with the full path of a valid > COMMAND.COM (e.g., SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM). Also, running a virus check may be a good idea ;-) Denis.
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