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From: Spartan@cup.portal.com (Rich Clark MacKinnon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: MS-DOS 5.0 -DOSSHELL and "bad command or file name"
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Date: 16 Jun 91 05:10:33 GMT
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For some reason I can't run programs from within 5.0's DOSSHELL... I don't
know what the shell is passing to the command line, but DOS returns with
"bad command or file name".  This happens whether I use "Open," "Run..."
or various mouse clicking alternatives.  It doesn't matter whether I
specify a full pathname or not or whether the file is being selected from
a directory or a "program group".  The only way (so far) that I can get a
program to run is if I call up a DOS prompt (shift+f9) or exit DOSSHELL :-)

Any ideas?

Rich