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Re: Invalid program file name, pif file


At 07:54 PM 12/6/2003, SonyMaster@aol.com you wrote:
>I recently got Cygwin working (Rather then download, then install, I 
>installed from internet) And after I installed it, I tried running Cygwin.pif and got 
>this error:
>
>C:\CYGWIN~2\Cygwin.pif
>Invalid program file name, please check your pif file. Choose "close' to 
>terminate the application.
>
>I look at the pif file, and noticed it was pointing to the wrong directory 
>where command.com was (C:\WINDOWS\command.com) and changed that to where it was. 
>(C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\command.com) and when I then tried to run it, I got this 
>error in the DOS window:
>
>Bad command or file name
>
>How would I fix this? I have been searching the archives, but found nothing 
>so far. I am still searching now. Also, I am using Windows XP.
>


Why use command.com on XP?  Where did you find cygwin.pif?

I think you need to visit <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.  So far, none
of what you said makes sense.


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