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More info?)
Thank you for the quick reply. The "VS\LScan" part of the message was
actually "VSILScan" I deleted the line in Autoexec.bat and it no longer
shows up during startup. Thanks again for the help.
"AlmostBob" wrote:
> DOS does not understand windows long file names, so uses ~1, (~2, ~3,) to
> identify folders and files with lfn
> C:\program files becomes C:\progra~1
> and very seldom (never) becomes c:\program1~vs (more than 8 letters)
>
> DOS does not understand spaces,
>
> vspatch 1999n is not a valid file name
>
> vspatch /1999n (using command line options) may valid in DOS
> vspatch~1 may be valid in DOS
>
> use a Dos box DIR the folder containing the vspatch 1999n.exe file and get
> its DOS name and
> correct the filepath in autoexec.bat if that file is supposed to be running,
>
> If it turns out that vspatch 199n isnt supposed to be running, scan with
> current AV and AntiSpyware to get rid of it
>
> --
> Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.de
> spybot
http://security.kolla.de
> AVG free antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com
> Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
>
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
> Catalog of removal tools (1)
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> Catalog of removal tools (2)
>
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
>
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use
>
> Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
> _
> "TechGirlAZ" <TechGirlAZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8DAC804A-77C5-4093-B675-9F9E8C4CD560@microsoft.com...
> | Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT laptop running Win98 that displays
> the
> | following message upon startup:
> |
> | c:\>C:\Program1~ VS\LScan\VSPatch 1999n
> | Bad command or file name
> |
> | It then goes to Windows with no problem. Does anyone know what this means
> | or if I should even worry about it?
> | --
> | Thank you for your help - TechGirlAZ
>
>
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