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alan f

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Jun 24, 2002, 10:41:47 PM6/24/02
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Hello

I'm having a little problem with my command prompt under win xp. I'm
using c:\windows\system32\command.com as command interpreter, but
something very similar happens if I try c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe.
(I'm not sure what the difference is): I have an old version of a
unix command simulator, and if I try something like "!}fmt" from vi, I
get the error "cannot load command. system halted" and then the
command prompt window freezes and I have to kill it. I've encountered
something like this before, under win NT, and if I recall correctly
the solution was to add an option to the "shell=" line in the
config.sys that said something like "/e=some big number" to give it
more memory for the command line. However, I can't find any file
called config.sys in my c: drive! what happened to config.sys? is
there anyplace I can put this option now? TIA for any help.

Alan

Mika Nykanen

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Jun 25, 2002, 1:18:00 AM6/25/02
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You can just add config.sys file to your c:\
Miksu
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Chuckie

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Jun 25, 2002, 2:17:35 AM6/25/02
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could be it's system hidden, from tools/folders select to show all files.

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Keith Miller

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Jun 25, 2002, 4:37:32 AM6/25/02
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If you right-click on the program in an explore window & select 'Properties' and then the 'Program'
tab, & then click the 'Advanced' button, you will see you can select the config file for that
particular application. The default is 'config.nt' in the system32 directory. Take a look at that
in notepad as there are a lot of explanatory comments. Also search 'Help & Support' for 'pif
files'.

Good Luck,
Keith

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Bruce Chambers

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Jun 25, 2002, 10:11:25 AM6/25/02
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Greetings --

Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP does not use CONFIG.SYS. Most
environmental variables are set by right-clicking My Computer > Properties >
Advanced > Environment Variables. There is also a
%Windir%\System32\CONFIG.NT that can be used to is used to initialize the
"MS-DOS" environment.

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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