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KevinS
05-13-2002, 11:51 PM
This is wierd, I installed Omnipage Pro and rebooted and now my computer thinks that the windows directory is 0

I keep getting the following message.


Quote:
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0\HIMEM.SYS
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0\DBLBUFF.SYS
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0\IFSHLP.SYS
The following file is missing or corrupted: WIN.COM

HIMEM.SYS is missing.
Make sure that the file is in your Windows directory.



Heres the catch. If I create a directory named 0 and copy those files there, it finds them just fine (but then it can't find the registry files). So basically, it thinks the Windows boot directory is named 0, when it is really named Windows. I'm using windows 98SE. If anyone can help me fix this without re-installing, it would be helpfull.
POBrien
05-13-2002, 11:58 PM
boot to dos and at the c:\ prompt type

attrib -r msdos.sys

hit enter

then type

edit msdos.sys

what are the contents in this file?

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KevinS
05-14-2002, 12:08 AM
Aha, the original WinBootDir is there, but under the ;xxxxxxxx etc. lines there are two other [Paths] sections where the WinBootDir is set to 0. I removed them and it worked. Thank you for showing me where this was.
KevinS
05-14-2002, 12:11 AM
Oh, for future reference, you have to remove the system/hidden attributes at the same time as read only or you can't edit it.

"attrib -h -s -r msdos.sys" would work.
POBrien
05-14-2002, 12:19 AM
No problem. Thanks for the tip. Although I don't know why you had to use the -h -s switches. It works with -r on mine. It gives a message "not resetting hidden attributes" but I can still edit/save it.

Reads like a classic case of Windows :)

Pat
KevinS
05-14-2002, 12:21 AM
I think thats what it said for me too, but I thought it said not resetting because of the hidden attribute.

Anyway, thanks again. I think I need to run an antiviral now.
POBrien
05-14-2002, 03:32 AM
Kevin,

thanks for clarifying that.

Pat