Specified COMMAND search directory bad
When I boot my computer the last couple of days, at the end of the boot, I get an MS-DOS Prompt open window that says:
Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Too many parameters
Too many parameters
Too many parameters
I click this window closed and I don't see it again until the next boot. The computer works fine, but this is a nuisance. Any idea(s) where this came from?
Thanks, Bill Bradnan
Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Too many parameters
Too many parameters
Too many parameters
I click this window closed and I don't see it again until the next boot. The computer works fine, but this is a nuisance. Any idea(s) where this came from?
Thanks, Bill Bradnan
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Wm
Also run the sfc program.
Start
run
sfc
Hope it helps.
Also run the sfc program.
Start
run
sfc
Hope it helps.
Bill, click Start, then Find, Files and Folders and search for Config.sys and Autoexec.bat. Rename Config.sys to Config.old and then Autoexec.bat to Autoexec.old and the reboot and check the system. Does it still appear?
Dennis
Dennis
ASKER
Only one of the above suggestions worked, namely that of pslh, which I tried last, because it's the most complicated. I am now in the process of identifying the exact module causing the problem.
Thanks, pslh, Bill Bradnan.
Thanks, pslh, Bill Bradnan.
ASKER
Sunday, 03/05/00, 1700h EST
The exact module causing this problem was 'C:\Program Files\PowerQuest MagicMover\PQInit.exe, a Registry entry which I had remarked out, because at the end of every boot, I was getting an open PowerQuest folder with icons for their programs, PartitionMagic5 and DriveImage2. So, remarking out this line in the registry solved the first problem, but introduced the second.
So, should I delete this line instead of remarking it out? Or will that cause another problem? I'd offer points to answer this question, too, but I can't find a place to do that with an answered question.
Thanks, Bill Bradnan.
The exact module causing this problem was 'C:\Program Files\PowerQuest MagicMover\PQInit.exe, a Registry entry which I had remarked out, because at the end of every boot, I was getting an open PowerQuest folder with icons for their programs, PartitionMagic5 and DriveImage2. So, remarking out this line in the registry solved the first problem, but introduced the second.
So, should I delete this line instead of remarking it out? Or will that cause another problem? I'd offer points to answer this question, too, but I can't find a place to do that with an answered question.
Thanks, Bill Bradnan.
Just remark it out or delete both Bill!
Bill Bradnan,
Since the PQInit.exe is the shortcut to call for the PowerQuest Startup Utility. If deleted, there is no adverse effect.
Normally, you can just disable it by unchecked the box.
If you have met difficulties to delete it, just ask. pslh
Since the PQInit.exe is the shortcut to call for the PowerQuest Startup Utility. If deleted, there is no adverse effect.
Normally, you can just disable it by unchecked the box.
If you have met difficulties to delete it, just ask. pslh
The directory containing COMMAND.COM has been damaged or is incorrect.
Have you run scandisk on your machine.
Before running scandisk, I would recommend you have a good bootdisk for your machine.
Let us know what happens.
Hope it helps
Glenn