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Win.com file is missing

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Name: swamybln
Date: March 20, 2004 at 06:00:42 Pacific
OS: WINDOWS98
CPU/Ram: 128
Comment:

please.Need the file which is required to
start the windows if the message comes-win.com file is missing.Can you mail the file?thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: mesich
Date: March 20, 2004 at 06:07:45 Pacific
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Hi Pavankumar, hello everyone

Is it Win98 or Win98SE?

Best Regards,
Mesich



Response Number 2
Name: RobbieDickon
Date: March 20, 2004 at 06:17:18 Pacific
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Reply:

RESOLUTION
Create a new Win.com file by extracting the Win.cnf file from your Windows disks or CD-ROM to the Windows folder, and then renaming it to Win.com. To do so, follow these steps:


Extract the Win.cnf file from your Windows disks or CD-ROM to the Windows folder. For information about how to do so, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 129605
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

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.





Response Number 3
Name: raincheck
Date: March 20, 2004 at 06:47:00 Pacific
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Reply:

Did you do a find on win.com to see if it's actually missing? It's supposed to be in C:\Windows.
Sometimes a corrupt msdos.sys file creates this error because it doesn't have the correct path.
Post back and let us know whether Win.com is really not there.
raincheck



Response Number 4
Name: Dan Penny
Date: March 20, 2004 at 11:13:07 Pacific
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Reply:

Robbie, I thought that looked familiar;
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http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/116556.html

Name: Dan Penny
Date: June 20, 2002 at 08:12:55 Pacific
Subject: win.com file missing

Reply:
To restore win.com, extract 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.
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Did you get this from me? Did I get this from you? Did we both get this from a MS article? My God have I been hanging around here that long? ;>)



Response Number 5
Name: RobbieDickon
Date: March 20, 2004 at 11:55:16 Pacific
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Reply:

That is funny....hehe

I did get mine off a ms article....

Just copied and pasted it




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Response Number 6
Name: evolutionmike
Date: March 22, 2004 at 12:13:57 Pacific
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Reply:

Can someone plzz send me the WIN.com file i need it also. thanks also email it too Evolutionmike@hotmail.com



Response Number 7
Name: anenefan
Date: March 22, 2004 at 14:34:43 Pacific
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Reply:

Hi

evolutionmike this seems to have continued on at ::

http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/156917.html

The responses above indicate a couple of things

a/ You have a copy on your installation disk or cab file folder on the hard disk

b/ Win.com is probably not missing in the first place.

Anyhow I would suggest my response at #3 on the other link which will determine if you really are missing a win.com file.




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