Messages missing in MS-DOS

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Hi, when using MS-DOS, I keep getting messages like:
"The system cannot find message text for message number ####### in the
message file for Application."

It seems to be all the messages, for example:
using the 'dir' command, it comes up with loads of the messages above, and
then lists the files :s

Is there any way to restore the missing message thingies???
 
"michaelmorris" <michaelmorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, when using MS-DOS, I keep getting messages like:
> "The system cannot find message text for message number ####### in the
> message file for Application."
>
> It seems to be all the messages, for example:
> using the 'dir' command, it comes up with loads of the messages above, and
> then lists the files :s
>
> Is there any way to restore the missing message thingies???

Do you mean the virtual DOS machine, cmd.exe?

If you did, then that is very strange, and I have never seen anything like
that.

But if you are actually booing into MS-DOS, it will not be able to read the
NTFS file system, which may cause something like that, although I have not
tried it for years, other than for flashing firmware.

ss.
 
"michaelmorris" <michaelmorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, when using MS-DOS, I keep getting messages like:
> "The system cannot find message text for message number ####### in the
> message file for Application."
>
> It seems to be all the messages, for example:
> using the 'dir' command, it comes up with loads of the messages above, and
> then lists the files :s
>
> Is there any way to restore the missing message thingies???

Nope, Vista does not run on MS-DOS
 
Hi Michael:

I get that message also when I use "cmd.exe" supplied from HP (my machine is
HP). If I use the "cmd.exe" command supplied with Windows, I don't get the
message. So I use the one with Windows.

In my machine:
The "cmd.exe" file supplied with Windows is in "C:\Windows\System32"
The "cmd.exe" file supplied by HP is in "C:\HP\Bin"
I can't be sure where yours is.

Right click on your MS-DOS icon and select Properties.
The Location will tell you if you are using the one from Windows (The target
might be something like "%SystemRoot%system32\cmd.exe"

HTH

Dellco

"michaelmorris" wrote:

> Hi, when using MS-DOS, I keep getting messages like:
> "The system cannot find message text for message number ####### in the
> message file for Application."
>
> It seems to be all the messages, for example:
> using the 'dir' command, it comes up with loads of the messages above, and
> then lists the files :s
>
> Is there any way to restore the missing message thingies???
 
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