winboard wont install

[mike schoonover]

hi all,
tried to re-install winboard4.2.7 as chess informant has
hi jacked all my pgn files.
i now get this error message
16 BIT WINDOWS SUBSYSYEM
c:\windows\system32\autoexex.nt.
this system file not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft
windows applications.
just downloaded the exe from tim manns site.4.2.6
doe'snt install either.
running windowsxp.
i do have winboard allredy installed it works fine.
also tried combatability wizard.
i'm spoofed.
help appreciated.
thanks mike.

[David Weller]

autoexec.nt may be missing from /windows/system32

there ought to be a copy in another windows sub-directory
[maybe called /repair]

I do know, that copying this file from there into the system32 directory fixed this problem for at least one other person

It is odd, because this file mysteriously disappears from time to time...??

[Jason Kent]

Yes. I also lost this file at one point. You can download another copy of the file online. I think microsoft has a help page.

aha... here it is.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;324767

[mike schoonover]

hi,
i re-installed all three files,
still wont install.
anyone know of another 16 bit program i can try for verification purposes?
regards
mike

[mike schoonover]

hi all,
did a non destructive system re store.
manually re installing things fron back up.
winboard re-installed ok.
thanks
mike

[Peter Swartz]

Hi

I had the same problem as skoony, and copying the autoexec.nt from the repair directory back into system32 directory worked for me.

Thanks all