Article ID: 103325
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q103325
Windows NT provides a COMMAND.COM file that must be used for MS-DOS-based and Windows 3.0 or 3.1-based applications to run properly. If the COMMAND.COM file that Windows NT provides is replaced with a version from MS-DOS, an error message occurs just after a successful logon.
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If the COMMAND.COM file provided with Windows NT is replaced with a COMMAND.COM file from MS-DOS version 3.3, 4.01, or 6.0, the following error message appears:
If the COMMAND.COM file provided with Windows NT is replaced with a COMMAND.COM file from MS-DOS version 5.0, the following error message appears:
If one of the above error messages appears, make sure that the COMMAND.COM file provided with Windows NT is located in the WINNT\SYSTEM32 subdirectory. The correct COMMAND.COM file should have the following size/date:
Windows NT version: Size: Date: ---------- ----- -------- 3.1 49931 07/24/93 3.5 50045 09/04/94 3.51 50045 05/26/95 4.0 50384 08/02/96
This file can be expanded off of the original media. It is located in the following locations in compressed form as COMMAND.CO_:
Windows NT version: CD-ROM 3.5-inch disk 5.25-inch disk ---------- ------ ------------- -------------- 3.1 \I386 Disk #20 Disk #25 3.5 \I386 Disk #17 N/A 3.51 \I386 Disk #20 N/A 4.0 \I386 N/A N/A
Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 wowexec.exe wow
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