Microsoft KB Archive/63629

Windows 3.00 PIF File Gives “No Association exists…” Error

PSS ID Number: Q63629 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.00

MS-DOS

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When Windows version 3.00 is installed over the top of Windows/386 or Windows versions 2.x, the error message “No Association exits for this data file” may occur when trying to run a DOS application with a PIF file.

This problem can be corrected in the WIN.INI file of Windows 3.00. The line that reads “Programs=” should be changed to the following:

Programs=com exe bat pif

The Windows versions 2.x or Windows/386 WIN.INI “Programs=” line doesn’t need PIF, so when the WIN.INI file is converted to the new WIN.INI file for Windows version 3.00, there is no “PIF” entry. This must be added manually to run DOS applications with PIF files.

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