Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!sunee!gpsteffl
From: gpsteffl@sunee.waterloo.edu (Glenn Patrick Steffler (Co-Op Scum))
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 Protected mode problem
Message-ID: <1990Jun7.134913.12178@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Gerbels On Speed Inc.
References: <YaP1NHK00Uh701wWxf@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 13:49:13 GMT
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In article <YaP1NHK00Uh701wWxf@andrew.cmu.edu> bg11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian E. Gallew) writes:
>system always dies soon after the program manager loads.  Sometimes it
>dies immediately, sometimes I can get other apps open and start using
>them before they die.  Once I managed to exit before it quit.  In all
>cases, it gave me an Invalid COMMAND.COM message.  This happens under
>DOS 3.3.
>
>Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated!

That message does in fact mean that you have an invalid command.com (no kidding).

Search your hard disk for multiple copies of command.com
If there are multiple copies, deleted all but the one refered to
in the COMSPEC, and SHELL variables.  Make sure you are running
DOS 3.x because thats what the windows developer uses.

I hope this helps, if not, I'm not liable for damages :-)


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