How to fix win95?

[JasonS]

My windows 95 machine boots ok shows the splash screen and then goes right to the C:&gt; prompt. I get nothing when I type in win I can't even find the msdos.sys file to check for the bootgui= line? Anyone got any ideas?<br>
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Thanks<br>
Jay

 

[pmkincaid]

Did you ensure that MSDOS.SYS is not hidden? Do &quot;attrib -h -r -s -a msdos.sys&quot; to ensure that you can see and read it.<br>
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What exactly happens when you type &quot;win&quot;? Does it attempt to start windows or do you get a bad command?<br>
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Can you boot into Safe Mode?

 

[JasonS]

Can't get into safe mode and yes i used the attrib command and when i type in win i get bad command...<br>
thanks<br>

 

[Alt255]

Check your path to ensure that \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\COMMAND are listed. Enter &quot;SET&quot; (no quotes) at the prompt and look for the PATH variable. If C:\WINDOWS and the COMMAND directories aren't listed then enter &quot;SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND&quot; (no quotes). Do the ATTRIB command suggested by pmkincaid. If a DIR MSDOS.SYS shows &quot;no files found&quot; do a CD WINDOWS and do a DIR WIN.COM. If WIN.COM or the windows directory doesn't exist you will have to reinstall Windows and hope for the best.<br>
If WIN.COM exists but MSDOS.SYS doesn't, the solution may be as simple as copying MSDOS.SYS from a similar system and hoping for the best. The OS won't load the Windows GUI without a valid MSDOS.SYS in the root of the boot drive, nor will it load if MSDOS.SYS contains the line BOOTGUI=0 (or NO or FALSE).<br>
You may end up reinstalling Windows, anyway. Good luck and happy holidays.<br>

 

[Raym0nd]

I agree with alt255, try to copy msdos.sys from a other system otherwise, try to install win95 over the old one, if everything goes right your settings will stay.<br>
and hopefully your problem is fixed<br>
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good luck, and a happy and bugfree 2000

 

[rauleigh]

I have had this problem several times and it is usually a new program installed that sets the path using the path statement. e.g. PATH=c:\someprogram etc<br>
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This is usually at the end of autoexec.bat and then the standard path to windows and windows\command is lost. Ensure that a SET PATH command is used as per Alt255 above.<br>
The key is the %path% which will ensure that the existing path (e.g. C:\windows) is added to any further path that any other program may wish to add to the path. Should only require SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\someprogram etc. Make sure you do not call any other path statements after this one and all should be well.<br>