I got some games, but when I try run 'em a window comes up saying ''C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. This system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application''
How do I get around this? Or will I have to get a new computer to do it or what?
2007-12-23 22:22:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Your autoexec.nt is the environment for your command shell, you will also have a config.nt as well.
Just configure these file with the correct environment varibles.
You can also right click on the exe for the file and change those settings in the properties tab.
The autoexec.nt and config.nt are global command shell settings and will be the default for every file that needs a command shell to run, unless otherwise specified with a property change
2007-12-26 07:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by Eric R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search your computer (start menu/search) for files called AutoEXEC. Make sure searching for system files (under advanced options) is turned on. You should find a file called Autoexec.nt in your c:\windows\system32 folder. Hopefully there should also be a Autoexec.bak or something similar. Try renaming the Autoexec.nt to Autoexec.old then rename the Autoexec.bak to Autoexec.nt and try your program again.
2007-12-23 22:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by Matt Buxton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not play too mush with this. Dos and early Windows software required an autoexec.bat file to configure the system, for Windows NT the autoexec.nt file was introduced.Playing late games on early systems will never work. Also dos games rarely play on anything from W 2000 on.
2007-12-23 22:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
MS-DOS (for Microsoft Disk working equipment) is an working equipment commercialized by Microsoft. It became into the main broadly used member of the DOS relatives of working platforms and became into the dominant working equipment for the computing device properly matched platform throughout the time of the Eighties. some human beings will inform you that it rather isn't any longer yet in all actuality it is. properly there you go.
2016-10-09 03:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by bandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chances of getting any old DOS program to run on today's hardware and modern OSes is about 1 million to one.
The reason is: DOS programs "talked" directly to the hardware and today's hardware didn't even exist 10 years ago.
So, you don't need a new computer, you need a very old one!!! Try to find an old Windows 98 PC or older.
There are also DOS-like operating systems that you could try, like FreeDOS or DR. DOS. No guarantees though, I haven't tried them myself.
2007-12-23 22:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋