Bob ErrMsg: Cannot Find WIN.COM, Unable to Continue Loading...
  
PSS ID Number: Q135760
Article last modified on 03-19-1997
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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You may receive the following error message after you install Microsoft
Bob 1.0 on a computer running Windows 95 if the path is incorrect:
 
   Cannot find WIN.COM, unable to continue loading Windows.
 
CAUSE
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This can occur if the Autoexec.bat file has two or more path statements
where the last path statement does not include the Windows directory.
 
The following three examples are path statements that may cause this error
message:
 
Example 1:
 
   @PATH C:\APPNAME;%PATH%
   PATH C:\...ETC (no Win95)
 
Example 2:
 
   PATH C:\APPNAME
   PATH C:\...ETC (no Win95)
 
Example 3:
 
   PATH C:\APPNAME;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
   PATH C:\...ETC (no Win95)
 
RESOLUTION
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To end the error message, do the following:
 
1. At the prompt below the error message, type the following and press
   ENTER:
 
      cd \windows\command
 
2. Type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
      edit c:\autoexec.bat
 
3. At the beginning of the last path statement in the Autoexec.bat file,
   type the following information:
 
      c:\<windows>;c:\<windows>\command;
 
   where <windows> is the folder (directory) where you installed Windows 95
 
   For example, if your path looked like the following
 
      c:\msbob;c:\temp
 
   you should change it to look like the following:
 
      c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\msbob;c:\temp
 
4. On the File menu, click Save.
 
5. On the File menu, click Exit. Restart your computer.
 
KBCategory: kbenv kbsetup kberrmsg kbprb
KBSubcategory: B_Shell
 
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Keywords          : b_shell 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
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