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| Thread ID: 60412 | 2005-07-31 21:14:00 | Win95 loads into DOS game,how to stop? | Neil McC (178) | Press F1 |
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| 377108 | 2005-07-31 21:14:00 | A friend with Win95 is able to get into safe mode,but on letting Windows load normally,it starts up in a dos game,one of a few for the kids.And no way of getting out of it into Windows.Any clues please,bearing in mind I'm 50 Kms away and only saw it briefly last night as we were leaving. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 377109 | 2005-07-31 21:38:00 | Edit the autoexec.bat | pctek (84) | ||
| 377110 | 2005-07-31 21:44:00 | Press F8 before it starts loading Win95 in DOS mode and choose Safe Mode Command Prompt only from the menu. Type in - exit /w - and press enter and restart PC. If that doesn't workfollow above instructions again expect this time type in - edit config.sys - and press enter. Delete the line that says DOS=SINGLE and then save and exit then restart PC. Should load Windows as normal now. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 377111 | 2005-08-01 00:47:00 | It is likely that someone or something has changed the shell in the system.ini file. Look in the system.ini file for a "shell=" command. I think you will find that it will say "shell=dosgame whatever dos game is running. Change whatever it says there to shell=explorer.exe You can access all your configuration files via the Sysedit.exe utility. Just click Start, Run, and then type Sysedit. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 377112 | 2005-08-01 01:04:00 | Now.. I had a boot disk with a hacked up batch file for fixing this problem.. Hunting for it now. I unloaded the Floppy Disk image (tears.kiljaeden.ath.cx(dos%20games).exe) but I didn't test it (and it's been so long since I had to use it), so only use it as a last resort. It's an auto extractor, so to use this, download the file, and dbl click it. It will run a program to create a bootable floppy disk (killing whatever you had on the disk). Then start your PC with the bootable floppy at the command prompt type "fixit", then restart the PC. restart the PC (without the floppy) see if it did fix it. If it didn't work, start the PC with the floppy, and type "fixitnow" this is more brutal, but should work. Re-iterating. I just found the old image.. I didn't test it. use this as a last resort. -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 377113 | 2005-08-01 08:08:00 | Thanks people. I'll forward your replies on to my friend and see if she can manage to sort it. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 377114 | 2005-08-01 10:32:00 | Thanks people. I'll forward your replies on to my friend and see if she can manage to sort it. Thanks for reply. Let us know what solution was applied. I'm interested to know. |
Elephant (599) | ||
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