Regedit ?'s

[HORNS]

Hi all. I am new to this forum and need some help as I am very new to all this. I am working on my A+ cert. My question is:
I have to use a boot disk to start a win95 OS on a IBM 486dx. I go to c: and go to windows and then type REGEDIT.EXE. If I use /L or /r I get "parameter format not correct", I try REGPATH and get: "unable to open registry" (1,016)- A:\system.dat. Then I tried windows>win.com and get: "HIMEM.SYS is missing" make sure file is in your windows directory.
I am not sure what is going on OR what to do next. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanx in advance!! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Paleo Pete]

I may be wrong, but I think regedit can only be run from Windows.

You don't have to type the extension for a program file to run, just regedit or win should work, rather than regedit.exe or win.com. Also make sure you put a space before the parameter. regedit_/? using a space in place of the underscore used here will give you the command syntax ad available parameters for regedit. Or any other DOS command.

I believe himem.sys is supposed to be in the root directory of C drive, but may also be in the windows directory. (That may be backward...) Try typing win from the root directory of C and see if it works better. Ideally the win command should start Windows from anywhere at a DOS prompt, as long as you're currently on the drive containing the OS...

Run a directory command and see if the file is actually there...try the root directory of C and the windows directory. If it's in one but not the other, copy it so it's in both. It may be there and corrupted, if so, overwrite it.

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[kid]

I believe the regedit function works only with a sytem that has windows 98 installed already. regedit has a dos function, but I forgot how to use it.