Problem installing Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 in XP

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pudding - 13 Jan 2006 10:56 GMT

When I tried to install the program into my pc, I receive the following error
message:

"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for
running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications."

Does this occur because of a corrupt 16-bit subsystem? Please help! :(

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david - 06 Feb 2006 00:24 GMT

save the following in "C:\Winnt\system32" and call it autoexec.nt

@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

> When I tried to install the program into my pc, I receive the following error
> message:
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>
> Does this occur because of a corrupt 16-bit subsystem? Please help! :(

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