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Q132639: Windows 95 Setup Error Message: Warning SU-0019

Article: Q132639
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run the Windows 95 Setup program, you may receive the following error
message after the Non-Disclosure Agreement window:

  Warning SU-0019

  Setup has found commands in your Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files that are not
  compatible with Windows.

  Setup will make backup copies of your existing Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
  files and create new ones, if needed.

CAUSE
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Setup has detected non-MSDOS commands in the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files.

RESOLUTION
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Remove the non-MSDOS commands from the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files and run
Setup again.

MORE INFORMATION
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The unsupported commands in the Autoexec.bat file are as follows:

  GOSUB
  HILOAD
  RETURN
  SWITCH

The unsupported commands in the Config.sys file are as follows:

  CHAIN
  GOSUB
  HIBUFFERS
  HIDEVICE
  HIDOS
  HIINSTALL
  HISTORY
  RETURN
  SWITCH
  TIMEOUT
  BASEDEV
  DEVINFO
  DISKCACHE
  IFS
  IOPL
  LIBPATH
  MAXWAIT
  MEMMAN
  PRINTMONBUFSIZE
  PRIORITY_DISK_IO
  PROTECTONLY
  PROTSHELL
  SWAPPATH
  THREADS

The non-MSDOS commands listed above are placed in the Autoexec.bat or Config.sys
files by other operating systems, such as DR.DOS.

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