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Subject: Re: How do I solve the problem of "Cannot find command.com, system halted?"
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:28:12 -0800
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cyberbob wrote:
> 
> 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

Check for anything like COMSPEC= or anything else that points to 
command.com in your config.sys and make sure they are all pointing to the 
command.com in your root dir.