Windows 95 Setup Error Message: Warning SU-0019

 Last reviewed: August 21, 1995
Article ID: Q132639
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

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

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

RESOLUTION

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

MORE INFORMATION

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.

KBCategory: kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: posfest win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: August 21, 1995
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