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From: Ed on 18 Aug 2008 16:45
On 17/08/08 14:04, Cheri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently when I try to shut down win98 to restart in MS-DOS mode, an
> Open With box comes up that says "click the program you want to use to
> ope the file 'Exit To Dos.pif.' Why is this happening instead of the
> computer restarting in DOS? It never did that before, when I get to
> the Dos Prompt there is C:\WINDOWS> but everything I type to try to
> get to DOS says invalid file name. How do I get to DOS from there? Or
> more importantly how do I get it back to the way it's always been,
> when clicking on restart in DOS, it does? TIA
> --
> Cheri
>
>
You tried shutting down totally and then restarting whilst pressing F8
to get start up options?

Ed

From: Ben Myers on 18 Aug 2008 19:39
"Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> wrote in message news:iYadnbuOOpv6vzXVnZ2dnUVZ_vjinZ2d(a)softcom.net...
> Hi,
> Recently when I try to shut down win98 to restart in MS-DOS mode, an
> Open With box comes up that says "click the program you want to use to
> ope the file 'Exit To Dos.pif.' Why is this happening instead of the
> computer restarting in DOS? It never did that before, when I get to
> the Dos Prompt there is C:\WINDOWS> but everything I type to try to
> get to DOS says invalid file name. How do I get to DOS from there? Or
> more importantly how do I get it back to the way it's always been,
> when clicking on restart in DOS, it does? TIA

Download
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf
to your desktop, right-click the file and select "Install".

Ben
From: Cheri on 18 Aug 2008 22:46

Ben Myers wrote in message ...
"Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> wrote in message
news:iYadnbuOOpv6vzXVnZ2dnUVZ_vjinZ2d(a)softcom.net...
> Hi,
> Recently when I try to shut down win98 to restart in MS-DOS mode, an
> Open With box comes up that says "click the program you want to use
to
> ope the file 'Exit To Dos.pif.' Why is this happening instead of the
> computer restarting in DOS? It never did that before, when I get to
> the Dos Prompt there is C:\WINDOWS> but everything I type to try to
> get to DOS says invalid file name. How do I get to DOS from there?
Or
> more importantly how do I get it back to the way it's always been,
> when clicking on restart in DOS, it does? TIA

Download
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf
to your desktop, right-click the file and select "Install".

Ben

********

I did that, and when I click on install nothing happens. I am giving
up now, but thanks. :-)

Cheri


From: Ingeborg on 19 Aug 2008 05:16
Cheri wrote:

>
> Ingeborg wrote in message ...
>>Cheri wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Recently when I try to shut down win98 to restart in MS-DOS mode,
> an
>>> Open With box comes up that says "click the program you want to use
> to
>>> ope the file 'Exit To Dos.pif.' Why is this happening instead of
> the
>>> computer restarting in DOS? It never did that before, when I get to
>>> the Dos Prompt there is C:\WINDOWS> but everything I type to try to
>>> get to DOS says invalid file name. How do I get to DOS from there?
> Or
>>> more importantly how do I get it back to the way it's always been,
>>> when clicking on restart in DOS, it does? TIA
>>
>>Have you had a virus, before this problem arose? In that case it can
> have
>>hijacked some important registry settings. To repair this you can
> download
>>and install this tool:
>><http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-050
> 614-0532-99>
>
> I did download it, but when I click on install, nothing happens. If
> I've had a virus it's not showing anywhere. Scanned with paid AVG and
> scanned with SuperAntiSpyware for spyware. Nothing shows up, so dunno.
> At any rate, thanks for the info.
>

As is mentioned on the site, the installation doesn't give any feedback,
and will be finished in a split second. So it seems nothing happend. But
didn't it solve your problem?
From: Cheri on 19 Aug 2008 09:33

Ingeborg wrote in message ...
>Cheri wrote:
>
>>
>> Ingeborg wrote in message ...
>>>Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Recently when I try to shut down win98 to restart in MS-DOS mode,
>> an
>>>> Open With box comes up that says "click the program you want to
use
>> to
>>>> ope the file 'Exit To Dos.pif.' Why is this happening instead of
>> the
>>>> computer restarting in DOS? It never did that before, when I get
to
>>>> the Dos Prompt there is C:\WINDOWS> but everything I type to try
to
>>>> get to DOS says invalid file name. How do I get to DOS from
there?
>> Or
>>>> more importantly how do I get it back to the way it's always
been,
>>>> when clicking on restart in DOS, it does? TIA
>>>
>>>Have you had a virus, before this problem arose? In that case it
can
>> have
>>>hijacked some important registry settings. To repair this you can
>> download
>>>and install this tool:
>>><http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-0
50
>> 614-0532-99>
>>
>> I did download it, but when I click on install, nothing happens. If
>> I've had a virus it's not showing anywhere. Scanned with paid AVG
and
>> scanned with SuperAntiSpyware for spyware. Nothing shows up, so
dunno.
>> At any rate, thanks for the info.
>>
>
>As is mentioned on the site, the installation doesn't give any
feedback,
>and will be finished in a split second. So it seems nothing happend.
But
>didn't it solve your problem?

No, it didn't, but thanks.

Cheri


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