Question about restart in DOS on shutdown
in [Windows 98]
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From: Cheri on 17 Aug 2008 09:04 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
From: Ingeborg on 18 Aug 2008 04:06 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=2004-050614-0532-99>
From: Lee on 18 Aug 2008 07:24 On Aug 17, 7:04 am, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> 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 Hi, Cheri. Something has messed up some key file associations for you. Ingeborg's suggestion will fix you up if you download the .inf file and right click Install it. It should fix up your screen saver problem as well. http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf Then you can go hunting for the virus that did this, right?
From: Cheri on 18 Aug 2008 14:08 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. Cheri
From: Cheri on 18 Aug 2008 14:09
Lee wrote in message <39b248a6-50ab-42d0-9326-770a5c89481a(a)y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>... On Aug 17, 7:04 am, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> 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 Hi, Cheri. Something has messed up some key file associations for you. Ingeborg's suggestion will fix you up if you download the .inf file and right click Install it. It should fix up your screen saver problem as well. http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf Then you can go hunting for the virus that did this, right? Same thing happens there as happened with Ingeborgs suggested download. I did download, and when I click on install, nothing happens. Thanks for trying to help me, I appreciate it, but I must admit, I am not the sharpest computer person at all. I'm old now. :-) Cheri |