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How to run DOS programs in XP

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imported_dheeraj_kumar Original post #1
May 13, 2005 at 3:12 PM
i recently installed SP2 of winXP home, and i havent been able to run dos programs like Turbo C++ 3.0 in my computer, which i had been able to access prior to SP2. whenever i run the program, i get the following error message:

16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem

C:\DOCUME~1\DHEERA~1\Desktop\TURBOC~1.PIF
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

and i get 2 buttons Close and Ignore. No matter what i choose, the application terminates.

Can somebody tell me exactly how to run Turbo C++ in my computer?
it_waaznt_me
May 13, 2005 at 5:57 PM
Argh .. See this thread ...


I have posted this around 100 times now .. I shall make that thread a sticky .. :evil: