Microsoft KB Archive/135760

Bob ErrMsg: Cannot Find WIN.COM, Unable to Continue Loading…

PSS ID Number: Q135760 Article last modified on 03-19-1997

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= SUMMARY =

You may receive the following error message after you install Microsoft Bob 1.0 on a computer running Windows 95 if the path is incorrect:

Cannot find WIN.COM, unable to continue loading Windows.

= CAUSE =

This can occur if the Autoexec.bat file has two or more path statements where the last path statement does not include the Windows directory.

The following three examples are path statements that may cause this error message:

Example 1:

@PATH C:;%PATH% PATH C:...ETC (no Win95)

Example 2:

PATH C: PATH C:...ETC (no Win95)

Example 3:

PATH C:;C:;C: PATH C:...ETC (no Win95)

= RESOLUTION =

To end the error message, do the following:

  At the prompt below the error message, type the following and press ENTER: cd   Type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER: edit c:.bat   At the beginning of the last path statement in the Autoexec.bat file, type the following information: c: ;c: ; where is the folder (directory) where you installed Windows 95 For example, if your path looked like the following c:;c: you should change it to look like the following: c:;c:;c:;c:   On the File menu, click Save.   On the File menu, click Exit. Restart your computer. 

KBCategory: kbenv kbsetup kberrmsg kbprb KBSubcategory: B_Shell

Additional reference words: w_bob w_win95 start hang fail 1.00 windows95 errmsg errors wincom hangs hanging hanged crashed crash crashes freeze frozen locked locked-up lock hang hanged bombed bomb down restart setup ====================================================================== Keywords : b_shell Version : 1.00 Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.