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[Rorture]

Mine won't work under Xp for some reason.

I tried changing the compatibility settings, but that didn't work.

Any suggestions?

[mouse31e]

No Idea I'm afraid.

I've had no problem with it under XP, can't imagine why there would be any problem.

What is it doing? If it's not starting at all it might be that you got a bad download. Maybe you should try again!

Sorry I can't help more. If you post exactly what it is or isn't doing then maybe I can help further.

[Rorture]

It comes up with a message that says


C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXC.NET
The system file is not suitable for running MS DOS or MICROSOFT WINDOWS applications

[mouse31e]

Ok. I think I know the answer for that one!

Do a search on windows for autoexec which should find it.

When you have found it copy it into your C:\Windows\System32 folder.

This file is included with Windows XP but for some reason it is not always installed.

If you have a big drive you can limit the search to the Windows folder as it will be in there somewhere if you have it. I found it in C:\Windows\Repair when I had that problem.

Hope this helps.

[Rorture]

well, i copied the autoexec file into the system32 folder but nothing has chnaged

is there anything else i'm supposed to do?

[Eagle of Fire]

You are supposed to have autoexec.bat and config.sys in your root directory (usually c:\). That's how DOS worked in the old days, they are the files which make the computer start and load all DOS programs.

Wow, I played this game about ten years ago or something... Never thought I'd find it again.

[mouse31e]

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Nov 21 2004, 09:37 PM
You are supposed to have autoexec.bat and config.sys in your root directory (usually c:\). That's how DOS worked in the old days, they are the files which make the computer start and load all DOS programs.

Yes but the NT platform uses Autoexec.nt and Config.nt to start an MS-DOS environment and they should be in the Windows/System32 folder. The error message that Rorture is getting is related to an absence of the autoexec file or an error in that file.

I got that message for a while whenever I tried to run any DOS-based program in XP. Once I put that file in the right place it worked perfectly.

Rorture: If you try and run another DOS program in XP do you get the same message?

[mouse31e]

Did you copy autoexec.nt or autoexec.nt_? They are different so you should have copied autoexec.nt NOT the one with the _!

[Rorture]

My Bad, I copied the wrong autoexc file, I did another one, the one from windows repair and it worked. I'm an idiot. Thanks Mouse321 for your help k: