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From: Cesar Rabak <csrabak AT uol DOT com DOT br>
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Subject: Re: Bad command or file name error
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 19:31:37 -0300
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Charles Sandmann wrote:
> 
> > I was wanting some help with another simple problem?
> 
> It's more of an annoyance than a problem ...
> 
> > I am getting the following when I run a program from the DOS prompt under
> > Windows XP
> > " Bad command or file name error  "
> 
> Yes, it's always does that the first time it creates the NTVDM for that
> window.  I only see it once per session (the first time a DOS image
> is run).  It must be hard for Microsoft to fix, since it's been there
> since the Windows 2000 release.
> 
> > But then the program comes up directly underneath..??
> 
> That's why I have not worried about it.  Once per session (unless you
> kill NTVDM, then you'll see the message again).

I have acess to a Win2k machine, which incidentally I've been the fist
user to put a shortcut in the Desktop to a 'MS-DOS prompt', and never
saw anything similar to this behaviour! The machine has its pristine
configuration files, so I wonder if Hans is not correct in his
wanderings!

just .019999...



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