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self extracting file MSDOS error
Name: Melanie Date: November 23, 2002 at 16:53:32 Pacific OS: WinXP Home Edition CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 1700/512 MB
Comment:
I am trying to run a self extracting file, but it opens the MSDOS window, then closes it. So, I tried to run it directly from MSDOS, and I got "Can not run this file in MSDOS mode". WHY is it opening it in that mode then, and how do I fix this?
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