Bad Command or File Name Error

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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

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (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
>
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> "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
>
>