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DOSX .EXE must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT
Name: blackbag Date: October 15, 2001 at 18:10:18 Pacific
Comment:
Help, I receive the following error message when trying to install Quicken 2001 Deluxe, Quicken 2002 Deluxe, and WinMX: The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter Protected Mode, DOSX.exe must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH.
DOSX is in my path and AUTOEXEC.NT. I am also loading HIMEM.SYS in my CONFIG.NT file. The _default.pif file as well as my command.pif & cmd.pif file are all setup to use both the AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT files. The pif files are also setup to use XMS memory. If I go to a command prompt, however, and type 'mem /program' it shows that I have no XMS memory allocated.
Name: Pharao Date: October 17, 2001 at 05:30:06 Pacific
Reply:
Check if WINDOWS directory and its subdirectories don't have attributes set to read only/hidden/system. If so, try to set them off. It should work (or it worked for me).
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Response Number 2
Name: Paul Date: December 29, 2001 at 07:29:09 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Pharao, I tried to uncheck "read only" attribute from the Windows folder property, but XP is keep resetting it back to "read only". Any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks in advance. Paul
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