>>>>>No, it's the path in the AUTOEXEC.BAT.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q163/8/01.asp
>>>>
>>>>I had a look at Autoexec.bat and couldn't see anything in the paths remotely
>>>>fox-like and I checked a few machines. Any other ideas?
>>>
>>>The PATH statement sets the search path for all apps. Put a REM statement at
>>>the beginning of that line and reboot. I'll bet your problem goes away.
>>
>>And if it does go away, at that point, you can start reviewing the PATH to figure out what's causing the problem. Missing or extra semicolon, maybe?
>
>So fox checks the path even though it's not directly used!? I guess it must be checking for components.
>
>this guy's got win 95 so I was surprised by the class path setting. I would expect it to have the truncated path names. I'll start by rem'ing that I think.
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>@PATH C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE;%PATH%
>SET CLASSPATH=C:\Program Files\PhotoDeluxe 2.0\AdobeConnectables
>SET PATH=%PATH%C:\BITWARE\

Unless this is a typo, the error is here; there's no seperator between the existing path (%PATH%) and the additional path (C:\BITWARE\, try replacing it with:

SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\BITWARE\


>
>thanks
>
>Sarah