This program is set to run in dos mode

Question

When I try to run some microsoft games (these are new games) I get the message 'this program is set to run in ms-dos mode and cannot run while other programs are running. All other programs will close if you choose to continue. Do you want to continue?' I click ok and it it reboots back into windows. On the microsoft games, I can click no and they run fine, but, for example, this message came up at the end of a long download for an update for a serria game 'Halflife' and when I said no, I lost the download. I knew if I had said yes, it would have rebooted back to windows and would have lost the download anyway. How do I prevent that message from comming up?

M Currie · Answer

If you go in Explorer to the Dos executable file, and right-click on its icon, you'll get a detailed properties page, which is Win 9x's replacement for the old Windows Pif Editor, and serves the same function, of creating and editing the "program information file" that Windows uses to run Dos programs. With this, you should be able to customize the Dos session. To get a program to open in true Dos mode, you need to go to the "advanced" button on the "program" page. If need be, you can even write it a separate set of config.sys and autexec.bat files, which will be used only for that session. Dos mode will result in a reboot of Windows when the game ends, so you can't multi-task, but for some games you might be able to tweak the settings to allow running in a window.

If you're trying to install a fresh download, I strongly suggest that you save the file, then reboot to Dos mode and install it there. After it's safely in, you can experiment with Pif file settings.

thumperone2 · Answer

I deleted command.com from C:\windows and I also deleted the shortcut to it in Windows. Then I went to C:\and copied command.com then pasted it into
Windows. Then I right clicked on the new C:\windows\command.com and chose "create shortcut" It works .

M Currie · Answer

It sounds as if that copy of command.com got corrupted. Glad it worked.

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This program is set to run in dos mode

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