GAMESHOP.EXE "Error 05" Using SET COMSPEC=COMMAND.COM /E: n (66743)
This article was previously published under Q66743
SUMMARY
GAMESHOP.EXE blanks the screen or gives "Error 5" if you mistakenly
use an invalid path for COMMAND.COM in the COMSPEC environment
variable in MS-DOS (such as in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). For example:
set comspec=c:\dos\command.com /e:256
The /E:256 is an incorrect part of the SET COMSPEC statement, because
only the path and COMMAND.COM are accepted arguments. This needs to be
changed to a correct path, such as the following:
set comspec=c:\dos\command.com
This is not considered a problem with Microsoft Game Shop because you
should normally use only COMMAND.COM /E:n on your SHELL= command line
in your CONFIG.SYS file.
GAMESHOP.EXE also may blank the screen or give "Error 5" if you
mistakenly point your COMSPEC environment variable to a COMMAND.COM
file different from the COMMAND.COM specified in your SHELL= command
in your CONFIG.SYS file. If you get the message "Incorrect DOS
version," you need to make sure that COMSPEC and SHELL= point to
a COMMAND.COM from the same version of DOS.
This information applies to Microsoft Game Shop (released October 15,
1990) for MS-DOS. (Microsoft Game Shop contains the QuickBasic QBI.EXE
interpreter version 1.0, which supports the Basic language defined by
Microsoft QuickBasic version 4.5. The QuickBasic Interpreter QBI.EXE
1.0 environment is a subset of the QuickBasic QB.EXE 4.5 environment,
which is a separate product.)
Modification Type: |
Minor |
Last Reviewed: |
1/9/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB66743 |
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