Err Msg: This Program Is Set to Run in MS-DOS Mode... (197774)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome 1.0
  • Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 2.0
  • Microsoft Baseball 2001
  • Microsoft Bookshelf 99
  • Microsoft Bookshelf 2000
  • Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
  • Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta 98 Research Organizer 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 99
  • Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe 99
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
  • Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
  • Microsoft Midtown Madness
  • Microsoft Midtown Madness 2 2.0
  • Microsoft Money 99
  • Microsoft Motocross Madness 1.0
  • Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000 1.0
  • Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 Concise Edition
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 99
This article was previously published under Q197774

SYMPTOMS

When you install or remove any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message:
This program is set to run in MS-DOS mode and cannot run while other programs are running. All other programs will close if you choose to continue. Do you want to continue?

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the installation program uses an MS-DOS batch file to remove temporary files created during the installation or removal of the program.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue:
  1. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
  2. In the Named box, type *.pif, and then click Find Now.
  3. Follow these steps for each file listed in the list of found files, except for the Exit To Dos file.

    1. Right-click the file, and then click Properties.
    2. On the Program tab, click Advanced.
    3. Click to clear the MS-DOS Mode check box, click OK, and then click OK again.
    You MUST repeat these steps for EACH and EVERY file except for the Exit To Dos file.
  4. Close the Find: Files Named *.pif window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/18/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbenv kberrmsg kbpending kbsetup KB197774
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