{"id":217,"date":"2004-10-26T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-27T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/error-message-referencing-16-bit-ms-dos-subsystem-when-running-an-application-under-windows-xp\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T22:29:44","slug":"error-message-referencing-16-bit-ms-dos-subsystem-when-running-an-application-under-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/error-message-referencing-16-bit-ms-dos-subsystem-when-running-an-application-under-windows-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"Error Message Referencing &#8220;16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem&#8221; when Running an Application Under Windows XP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><font color=\"#ff5500\">Problem:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n  <p>When attempting to run an application under Windows&nbsp;XP,&nbsp;you receive an error message containing the following text:<\/p>\r\n  <blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\r\n    <p><font color=\"#ff0000\">16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem<br \/><\/font><font color=\"#ff0000\">The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.<\/font><\/p>\r\n  <\/blockquote>\r\n  <p><strong><font color=\"#ff5500\">Cause:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n  <p>One or more Windows XP system files are damaged.<\/p>\r\n  <p><strong><font color=\"#ff5500\">Solution:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n  <p>Please refer to the following Microsoft support document:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/?kbid=324767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem: When attempting to run an application under Windows&nbsp;XP,&nbsp;you receive an error message containing the following text: 16-bit MS-DOS SubsystemThe system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose &#8216;Close&#8217; to terminate the application. Cause: One or more Windows XP system files are damaged. Solution: Please refer to the following Microsoft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"lsvr_kba_cat":[1782],"lsvr_kba_tag":[2127,2147,2145,2146],"class_list":["post-217","lsvr_kba","type-lsvr_kba","status-publish","hentry","lsvr_kba_cat-nt-2k-xp-2003","lsvr_kba_tag-windows","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-2003","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-2k","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-xp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lsvr_kba"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6129,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/217\/revisions\/6129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_cat?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_tag?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}