The hard drive on my other comp completely crashed!!! I was running a DOS BASED DBM software package with no problem. Lucky I thought, everything was BACKED up. I put everything over to this computer which runs XP and I'm having a problem. I can run DBX and see the DBF files but when I go to run the DB prgram the initial screen comes up OK but when it comes to the actual working system where different Data Bases link etc. I get an open error on one of the files, DOS error 4 with option of Quit, RETRY or DEFAULT. I went to default a few TIMES and it takes me all over the place and eventually gives me no other option than to QUIT. I have edited Autoexec and Config files based on what I used with WIN98 and I have added PATH to system variables with no luck.

Some of the screens which I think access one of the files seem to work OK.

Is there something I'm missing? Or forgotten, or don't know about.

I have to fix this soon as I have payroll and billing comming up next week and it all relies on this!!!

Is there anyone out there who can help.

By the way the DB program is CLIPPER based.

Thanks
Renrut
Did you edit Autoexec.bat or Autoexec.nt :-?  XP does not use the .bat file - same with Config.sys/Config.ntHi
I edited autoexec.bat and config.sys. Do the same principle apply to .nt etc. I saw somewhere here where there are instructions to find them. I gues I should try that. I will say I am a little intimidated about messing around with .nt files.

Thanks for gettin back.

RenrutHi renrut_wr.  

Have ALREADY replied to your pm but will do so here as well.  Yes, it's ok to edit nt files to suit your purpose but will repeat my belated advice - take backup before editing anything in the Windows\System32 file, and, of course, in other system areas as well (esp. Registry).

Good luck