Hello,

I have accidently deleted my win.com file and do not have the win98 cd. Could someone please send me a copy by email.

jthrun@amfam.com

Thanks.

I've uploaded the win.cnf file to my webspace for you. Download it and put it in the C:\WINDOWS folder. You can copy it to a floppy, insert this floppy in the machine and at the c:\> prompt, type in

copy/v a:\win.cnf c:\windows\win.com

This will put it in the correct place and rename it on the way. Remove the floppy and try to restart the computer normally.

http://www.cyberus.ca/~danpenny/win...

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Nothing to do with your problem but please note that we can get your email address safely by double clicking your name.

Try to avoid just putting it in open text on the net because the spammers engines will find it and you'll get junk email forever.

DerekW

Thanks for the quick response Dan, but what file is it on your web page?

Also thanks for the tip about the email Derek. This is my first post. What a great site though a lot of good info.

Thanks.

...echoing the email/spam warning... You may find it prudent to dump (forget about) that account, and create a new one?

I have one specifically for forum use (some folks here know it); and another for general www usage; (and a few others besides...)

I'll try the link again....

here
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OK, I've obviously doing something wrong. The file is here;

here*
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Sorry, if it doesn't come through as text between lines, I give up.

-----http://www.cyberus.ca/~danpenny/WIN.cnf------

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Drop the filename from the string and just go there to grab it.

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If the above scenario (or file) doesn't work, I found the following in my CompInfo directory. I copied and pasted it into a text file many moons ago, and neglected to save the source for crediting the info. Apologies to whoever was the source;

To restore win.com, extract (see below) the win.cnf file to C:\WINDOWS from the original floppy or cd used to set up windows.
NOTE: The Win.cnf file is in the following locations:

Disk 3 of the original Windows 95 disks

Win95_03.cab of the original Windows 95 CD-ROM

Win98_28.cab of the original Windows 98 CD-ROM

Win98_25.cab of the original Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM

Rename the Win.cnf file in the Windows folder to Win.com. To do so, type the following line, and then press ENTER:

ren c:\windows\win.cnf c:\windows\win.com

Restart your computer.

EXTRACT Syntax:
--
Microsoft (R) Cabinet Extraction Tool - Version (16) 1.00.603.0 (08/14/97)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1994-1997. All rights reserved.

EXTRACT [/Y] [/A] [/D | /E] [/L dir] cabinet [filename ...]
EXTRACT [/Y] source [newname]
EXTRACT [/Y] /C source destination

cabinet - Cabinet file (contains two or more files).
filename - Name of the file to extract from the cabinet.
Wild cards and multiple filenames (separated by
blanks) may be used.

source - Compressed file (a cabinet with only one file).
newname - New filename to give the extracted file.
If not supplied, the original name is used.

/A Process ALL cabinets. Follows cabinet chain
starting in first cabinet mentioned.
/C Copy source file to destination (to copy from DMF disks).
/D Display cabinet directory (use with filename to avoid extract).
/E Extract (use instead of *.* to extract all files).
/L dir Location to place extracted files (default is current directory).
/Y Do not prompt before overwriting an existing file.

So,

extract/y Win98_25.cab win.cnf /L c:\windows win.com

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Hi jkamfam, Dan, Derek, trvlr, hi everyone

Dan, FYI both the first link (response #1) and the second link (response #5) direct to a download of the win.cnf, 24,2 kB (24,791 bytes), file perfectly. :-)
The third link (response #6) however results into a page not found. :-(

Best Regards and Wishes,
The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

As there seems to be some confussion, shout back as to whether you got Dan's file or not. Post 1 should have worked fine.

Otherwise I can email file.

DerekW

Thanks Count. Strange, when I click on the link, the download window flashes and then disappears. ie; no download. Must be something on my end obviously. Sorry to clutter things up folks....

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These funnies hit the best of us sometimes Dan....

DerekW

Hi Derek W,

Could you email me the file. For some reason I can't get Dan's link to work. Thanks.

jkamfam

Coming shortly

DerekW