Grim fandango and 16 bit windows subsystems...

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I'm trying to install said game on a friend's pc running xp. I've run it
before on another xp system but this is quite a strange error message the
pops up when I try to run the setup program:
Title: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
Body: C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for
running MS-Dos and Microsoft Windows application. Choose 'Close' to terminate
the application.

It then offers two buttons: Close or Ignore. Ignore just means the program
feezes and closes anyway.

What can I do?

 

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Copy autoexec.nt from C:\Windows\repair to c:\windows\system32

Also, scan the computer for viruses.

Iain B wrote:
> I'm trying to install said game on a friend's pc running xp. I've run
it
> before on another xp system but this is quite a strange error message
the
> pops up when I try to run the setup program:
> Title: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
> Body: C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt. The system file is not
suitable for
> running MS-Dos and Microsoft Windows application. Choose 'Close' to
terminate
> the application.
>
> It then offers two buttons: Close or Ignore. Ignore just means the
program
> feezes and closes anyway.
>
> What can I do?

 

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Hi Iain,

You can solve that problem by replacing the file:

Try this easy solution from Kelly T. first:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit

Otherwise...

1. Browse to C:\WINDOWS\repair
Right-Click and Copy the file named: autoexec.nt *

2. Browse to C:\WINDOWS\System32
Right-Click in that window to Paste the file
(Answer yes if prompted to replace existing file)


* Note: If the file autoexec.nt doesn't exist on your system
right click the link below and select the "Save Target As.."
option to save the file in C:\WINDOWS\System32
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/AUTOEXEC.NT


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"Iain B" <Iain B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5249FEC7-AC83-40C7-9DB2-229AC3CDD336@microsoft.com...
| I'm trying to install said game on a friend's pc running xp. I've run it
| before on another xp system but this is quite a strange error message the
| pops up when I try to run the setup program:
| Title: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
| Body: C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for
| running MS-Dos and Microsoft Windows application. Choose 'Close' to terminate
| the application.
|
| It then offers two buttons: Close or Ignore. Ignore just means the program
| feezes and closes anyway.
|
| What can I do?