Error Message: Error Loading C:\Windows\System\Setup.exe

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you install or remove Norton Utilities for Windows 95, Norton AntiVirus for Windows 95, or Norton Navigator, you may receive the following error message when you restart Windows 95:

Error loading C:\Windows\System\Setup.exe.
You must reinstall Windows.

CAUSE

This error message can occur when Symantec's installation program cannot change the Windows 95 shell to Windows Explorer after installing or removing a program. Symantec Technical Support has confirmed that this problem occurs when a System.in_ file is present in the Windows folder.

RESOLUTION

Follow these steps to set Windows Explorer as the Windows 95 shell:

1. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only.



2. Use any text editor (such as Edit.com) to open the System.ini file in the Windows folder. To use Edit.com, type the following line:

   edit c:\windows\system.ini




3. Change the line that reads

   Shell=C:\Windows\System\Setup.exe

   to:

   Shell=Explorer.exe




4. Save the System.ini file and then close the editor.



5. Restart your computer.

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words: nu

Keywords : win95 appscomp
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
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