DOCUMENT:Q107810  10-OCT-1999  [win3x]
TITLE   :Err Msg in MS-DOS Session: Cannot Write to Drive C:/Cancel...?
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.11
OPER/SYS:
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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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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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