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Q78444: Incompatible COMMAND.COM with Solomon III Versions Before 7.0

Article: Q78444
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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According to TLB Solomon, when using Solomon III Accounting Software version 5.0
or 6.0 with MS-DOS 5.0 or later, the following error message may be displayed:

  Incompatible COMMAND.COM found in COMSPEC

This error can be corrected by editing the SOLOMON.BAT file that comes with the
software.

MORE INFORMATION
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Solomon III versions 6.0 and earlier are launched by the SOLOMON.BAT file. For
proper operation with MS-DOS 5.0, two lines must be deleted from the SOLOMON.BAT
file located in the \ACCT\PROG subdirectory.

To modify the SOLOMON.BAT file, do the following:

1. Back up the SOLOMON.BAT file.

2. Using MS-DOS Editor or another text editor, delete the following lines from
  the SOLOMON.BAT file:

  Compvers
  IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END

3. Save the file and run SOLOMON.BAT.

Solomon III versions 7.0 or later use a SOLOMON.INI file that replaces the
SOLOMON.BAT file from earlier versions.

TLB Solomon recommends using Solomon III Accounting Software version 7.1 with
MS-DOS 5.0.

  Solomon III and 7.0 and MS-DOS 5.0 SOLOMON.INI

The product included here, Solomon III, is manufactured by vendors independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3rdparty err msg 6.22 5.00 6.00 3 5.00a 6.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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