Q107810: Err Msg in MS-DOS Session: Cannot Write to Drive C:/Cancel…?

Article: Q107810
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
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Last Modified: 10-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you choose the MS-DOS Prompt icon, you receive one of the following error
messages:

  Cannot access drive C:

  -or-

  Cannot find drive C:

Or, if you can run the MS-DOS Prompt, you receive the following error message
when you type "exit" (without the quotation marks) at an MS-DOS prompt:

  Cannot Write to Drive C:

CAUSE
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These errors are caused by a corrupted DOSAPP.INI file; deleting this file
corrects the problem.

Additional query words: 3.11 err msg writing error retry cancel session

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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