Microsoft KB Archive/63777

= EDIT.COM Cannot Find QBASIC.EXE =

Article ID: 63777

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q63777



SUMMARY
When EDIT.COM is executed in MS-DOS versions 5.0 and later, it invokes QBASIC.EXE with the /EDITOR switch. If QBASIC.EXE is not in either the same directory as EDIT.COM or on the path, EDIT.COM is unable to find QBASIC.EXE and the following message is displayed:

Cannot find file QBASIC.EXE

You can correct this problem by using one of the following methods:
 * Add the directory that contains QBASIC.EXE to the path.
 * Copy QBASIC.EXE to a directory already on the path.
 * Copy QBASIC.EXE to the same directory as EDIT.COM.

While none of these solutions is extremely complicated, the second and third solutions are easier than the first.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information on this subject, query on the following words:

qbasic and edit.com

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB63777

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