From: tdennis AT visi DOT net
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Subject: Re: After installing djgpp win95 can't find win.com? help please
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:25:11 GMT
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 00:53:57 GMT, tommy AT knockers DOT com (T.K.) wrote:

>I probably sound like an idiot with a simple problem, but I'm new at
>this and still learning.  When you install DJGPP it tells you to add
>the following 2 lines to your autoexec.bat
>
>set DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
>set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
>
>after adding these two lines I have problems loading Win95. It say's
>it can't find the file win.com, which is the program that starts
>win95.  I have to go to the windows directory and type win.com from
>dos to start windows now.  When I removed the two lines above from my
>autoexec.bat win95 loaded like it's supposed too. Is there a trick to
>fixing it? like maybe moving win.com to my djgpp directory???
>
>any help will be great!
>thanks


Try leaving "set" off of the line "set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%".
When you say "set PATH=" you are redefining your PATH variable.
You just want to add C:\DJGPP\BIN to your path, so it should read

  
	PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%

This should fix your problem.  Hope it helps

Dennis