Question about restart in DOS on shutdown
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From: Daniel on 21 Aug 2008 01:39 Cheri wrote: > Ben Myers wrote in message ... > > > > When you select "Restart in MS-DOS mode", you typically don't have to > press any keys during bootup. Just remember to type "exit" to get > back > into Windows. > > Ben > ******* > > Yes, but that takes me back to my original problem which was when I > hit restart in MS DOS, a box comes up and asks which program I want to > open it with. I put the command line in run which brings me to a > windows prompt, but I don't know what to type in the prompt to get me > to DOS. I just don't understand why all of a sudden, after all these > years of being able to simply shut down and restart in DOS, this box > appears asking which program I want to use to open exit to dos pif. > Thank you for your time. > > Cheri > > Cheri > > Cheri, when you type "which brings me to a windows prompt" are you indicating that you end up at C:\windows? If so, type cd.. cd dos dir/w (or dir/p) which should display the files in the DOS directory. HTH Daniel ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
From: Cheri on 21 Aug 2008 12:50 Daniel wrote in message >Cheri, when you type "which brings me to a windows prompt" are you >indicating that you end up at C:\windows? > >If so, type > >cd.. >cd dos >dir/w (or dir/p) > >which should display the files in the DOS directory. Yes, I am ending up at C:\Windows, and thank you for the directions of what to type in at the C: prompt. Then when I type in dosstart it says this program cannot be run from windows PCI Audio Driver not loading, but at least I know how to get to the directory now. :-) Cheri
From: Ben Myers on 21 Aug 2008 15:08 > Ben Myers wrote in message ... > When you select "Restart in MS-DOS mode", you typically don't have to > press any keys during bootup. Just remember to type "exit" to get > back > into Windows. > > Yes, but that takes me back to my original problem which was when I > hit restart in MS DOS, a box comes up and asks which program I want to > open it with. I put the command line in run which brings me to a > windows prompt, but I don't know what to type in the prompt to get me > to DOS. I just don't understand why all of a sudden, after all these > years of being able to simply shut down and restart in DOS, this box > appears asking which program I want to use to open exit to dos pif. > Thank you for your time. If you are reluctant to run the "fixswen.inf" file, click "Start", "Run", type "regedit" into the "Open" box and click "OK". Then expand and highlight the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\open\command" key and make sure that "Default" in the right window is set to ""%1 %*". If it isn't, double-click "Default" in the right window, type the following into the "Value data" box and click "OK". "%1" %* Ben
From: Cheri on 21 Aug 2008 15:35 Ben Myers wrote in message ... > Ben Myers wrote in message ... > When you select "Restart in MS-DOS mode", you typically don't have to > press any keys during bootup. Just remember to type "exit" to get > back > into Windows. > > Yes, but that takes me back to my original problem which was when I > hit restart in MS DOS, a box comes up and asks which program I want to > open it with. I put the command line in run which brings me to a > windows prompt, but I don't know what to type in the prompt to get me > to DOS. I just don't understand why all of a sudden, after all these > years of being able to simply shut down and restart in DOS, this box > appears asking which program I want to use to open exit to dos pif. > Thank you for your time. If you are reluctant to run the "fixswen.inf" file, click "Start", "Run", type "regedit" into the "Open" box and click "OK". Then expand and highlight the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\open\command" key and make sure that "Default" in the right window is set to ""%1 %*". If it isn't, double-click "Default" in the right window, type the following into the "Value data" box and click "OK". "%1" %* Ben ******** I am not reluctant to run "fixwen.inf" I did download it, and click on install, but I still can't get to DOS on shutdown by clicking on restart in DOS. I did just do what you said with the regedit, and it is set to the default ""%1 %*" I don't know what's going on with my computer, but I don't think it's good. The only thing I've ever used DOS for was scanreg/restore which has been a valuable tool when something gets messed up with new software etc. I hate not having the option, but I can live without it. It's frustrating to not know what to do though. I appreciate your help. Cheri
From: Ben Myers on 21 Aug 2008 16:26
> Ben Myers wrote in message ... > If you are reluctant to run the "fixswen.inf" file, click "Start", > "Run", type > "regedit" into the "Open" box and click "OK". Then expand and > highlight > the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\open\command" key and > make sure that "Default" in the right window is set to ""%1 %*". If it > isn't, double-click "Default" in the right window, type the following > into the "Value data" box and click "OK". > "%1" %* > I am not reluctant to run "fixwen.inf" I did download it, and click on > install, but I still can't get to DOS on shutdown by clicking on > restart in DOS. I did just do what you said with the regedit, and it > is set to the default ""%1 %*" I don't know what's going on with my > computer, but I don't think it's good. The only thing I've ever used > DOS for was scanreg/restore which has been a valuable tool when > something gets messed up with new software etc. I hate not having the > option, but I can live without it. It's frustrating to not know what > to do though. I appreciate your help. Try renaming the "c:\windows\Exit to Dos" file to "badfile". If this doesn't help, you can probably get into DOS by pressing F8 during bootup, selecting "Quantum Fireball ex6.4A", then tapping the F8 key again to get the startup menu. Ben |