(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:58 am
Post subject: 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>configuration_manage, others (more info?)
Hi,
When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following message:
16 bit windows subsystem
C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the
initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure
that the directory path exists, (it does) and disk space is available (it
is). Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
Close Ignore
Regardless of the choice I make, everything is fine after that. Can anyone
tell me how to resolve this? It doesn't happen with admin accounts.
Thanks.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:20 pm
Post subject: Re: 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Neiman" <crktmk RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
news:M4CdnakDudu2d53VnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following
message:
>
> 16 bit windows subsystem
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the
> initialization could not be created or could not be written to.
Any file call at boot to any file in a /Temp directory
is likely to be due to bad coding of some instal routine.
Good code may write files to /Temp folders (because
needed by an instal routine but not a functioning part of
the app, thus not to be written permanently to /Program
Files or /Windows) but also deletes these these as it
completes and exits.
Follow your normal security routine (which may include
adding a System Restore point) then delete all contents
of C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\
and reboot. You will probably never see this messaga
again. In case of trouble repost to (only) the likeliest MS NG.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:58 am
Post subject: Re: 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Neiman" <crktmk DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
news:M4CdnakDudu2d53VnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following
> message:
>
> 16 bit windows subsystem
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the
> initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure
> that the directory path exists, (it does) and disk space is available (it
> is). Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
>
> Close Ignore
>
> Regardless of the choice I make, everything is fine after that. Can
> anyone
> tell me how to resolve this? It doesn't happen with admin accounts.
> Thanks.
>
have a look in windows\system32 to see if you have autoexec.nt
if not, there should be a spare copy in the windows\repair folder that you
can copy over to the system32 folder
(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:23 pm
Post subject: Re: 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Neiman" <crktmk RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
news:M4CdnakDudu2d53VnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following
> message:
>
> 16 bit windows subsystem
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the
> initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure
> that the directory path exists, (it does) and disk space is available (it
> is). Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
>
> Close Ignore
>
> Regardless of the choice I make, everything is fine after that. Can
> anyone
> tell me how to resolve this? It doesn't happen with admin accounts.
> Thanks.
>
Could also indicate that some badly written spyware/trojan failed to install
on the system. Have you done any scans to eliminate this possibility?
(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:33 pm
Post subject: Re: 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Neiman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following message:
>
> 16 bit windows subsystem
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the
> initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure
> that the directory path exists, (it does) and disk space is available (it
> is). Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
>
> Close Ignore
>
> Regardless of the choice I make, everything is fine after that. Can anyone
> tell me how to resolve this? It doesn't happen with admin accounts.
> Thanks.
>
>
If you get this error on logon, you have probably added some 16-bit
programs on startup or else it may be a failure of an old virus.
Please check that you get suitable permissions in
C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\.
(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:58 pm
Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.]
I had a similar problem when running an old DOS program in Windows XP.
The error message was:
"C:DOCUME~1<username>LOCALS~1Temp. A temporary file needed for the initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure that the directory path exists, and disk space is available."
After hours of browsing the web searching for a solution, I found it here:
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