Q74627: ‘Invalid COMMAND.COM’ with Profit Wise and MS-DOS 5.0

Article: Q74627
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start Solomon Accounting Software's Profit Wise version 1.0 under
Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0, the following error message is displayed:

  Invalid COMMAND.COM

CAUSE
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Solomon Accounting Software technical support has confirmed this to be a problem
in Profit Wise.

WORKAROUND
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To work around the problem, Solomon recommends deleting the following two lines
in the batch file that executes Profit Wise, PW.BAT:

- Compvers

- If errorlevel 1 goto n

Profit Wise runs correctly under MS-DOS 5.0 when the above two lines are deleted.

MORE INFORMATION
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Solomon Accounting Software Profit Wise is an accounting software package.
Solomon is still testing Profit Wise with MS-DOS 5.0. If you experience other
problems with Profit Wise, contact Solomon Accounting Software technical
support.

The product included here is manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we
make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or
reliability.

Additional query words: 5.00 3rdparty

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x

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