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Installation problem
Posted by Andrew James on November 8th, 2005


Hi. I used to have Quicken 98 Deluxe installed and running on my PC (windows
XP) I then installed Quicken 2006 which overwrote Quicken 98. I dont like
Quicken 2006 so I tried to re-install Quicken 98 but when I insert the disc I
get a box pop up entilted:
"16 bit Windows Subsystem"
this is what it says in the box:
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for
running MS-DOS and microsoft windows applications. Choose 'close' to
terminate the application."
This seems to imply that I can't install it and yet it used to be on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Andrew.

Posted by TaurArian [MVP] on November 8th, 2005


c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS
and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose Close to terminate the application.

Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767

Replace the standard version of autoexec.nt/config.nt by copying a backup copy
located in %windir%\repair\ to %windir%\system32\
(NB: %windir% is typically C:\Windows)

Start>Run and type in this without the quotes:
"cmd /c copy /y %windir%\repair\autoexec.nt %windir%\system32"

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-Based Programs in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;314106

16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem error while installing or running a DOS application:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/16bit.htm

"Andrew James" <Andrew James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94DD787D-2D9A-45BA-AA01-7C231C8062A4@microsoft.com...
> Hi. I used to have Quicken 98 Deluxe installed and running on my PC (windows
> XP) I then installed Quicken 2006 which overwrote Quicken 98. I dont like
> Quicken 2006 so I tried to re-install Quicken 98 but when I insert the disc I
> get a box pop up entilted:
> "16 bit Windows Subsystem"
> this is what it says in the box:
> "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for
> running MS-DOS and microsoft windows applications. Choose 'close' to
> terminate the application."
> This seems to imply that I can't install it and yet it used to be on.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Regards
> Andrew.
>


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