inakyle Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I have the follwing error in Win 2000 when running MS-Dos Applications6-bit MS-DOS Subsystempath to the program you are trying to run C:\WINNT\system32\autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the applicationOn the Microsoft website it gives you steps to fix it but it doesn't work.(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305521)I have formatted my PC and re-installed win2000. It was fine for about 2 weeks then it started all over again.Does anybody know how to fix this problem???Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Are you having any of these applied? If so, DOS apps won't run as they should:;Speed up NTFS - these NTFS tweaks improve file system performance[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inakyle Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Thanks for your help.I had 3 of the 4 you listed. I removed the entries, replaced the autoexec.nt file and it worked.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaloK Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Pretty impresive prathapml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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