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DOS program cant write temp directory
BadBigBen, the solution was in your tip. I checked windows temp folder and there was no permissions to the common users. After set it back all DOS programs back to work fine. Thank you all for the help! Best regards, Luciano RM- lcnorm
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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DOS program cant write temp directory
Hi DrB0b, I used antivirus online and the local, more three anti spyware. It was a trojan tha looks like an antivirus tool. I just did an upgrade to SP3 and the error is still there. I dont understand how command.com can't write in a temp directory. Regards, Luciano RM- lcnorm
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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DOS program cant write temp directory
Hi all, After cleaning a trojan infection this machine stoped running any DOS program. It's a Windows XP Pro SP2 logged with a domain user. It gets the message: "A file needed for initialization could not be created or could not be written to..." It happens only with DOS programs running by...- lcnorm
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
