Thank you for the reply . How ever I'm lost!. I do go to the dir specified, but the autoexec.nt. is not there. YES I'm showing hidden files and folder under folder options. is it possible that there should be one there but is missing??? if so,could someone send me a copy to get me started. I have tried to restore to a previous date, but it is not successful. thanks victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. McDonough" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [OT]:Help Erro message on winxp > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Faria" > Subject: [OT]:Help Erro message on winxp > > > > Hi,Everyone , I have a head ache .:-) > > when I try to run some programs on my win XP home ,I get the attached > erro. > > If you take a look at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT you will find that it > looks like an ordinary autoexec.bat (at least it should). Windows is > apparently complaining that it doesn't like what it finds in there. You can > open the file with Notepad or whatever. > > --McD > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.piclist.com > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist