Had a problem that has driven me nuts: start a program's install/setup file and either nothing at all happens or it kinda starts and then just vanishes. I don't know if I have all of the answer, but I got it working. The problem stems from W2000 handling 16-bit installation files -- basically it doesn't.
PATH needs to be less than 200 characters long, 100-150 is best. Edit both Autoexec.NT and Autoexec.bat to remove unnecessary paths. The 100-150 characters relates to the sum of characters in both files.
You also need RARAPI16.DLL in the WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory; it's not provided by Win2000 -- probably Uncle Bill's sense of humor. Get this file at
Also read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q196453
PATH needs to be less than 200 characters long, 100-150 is best. Edit both Autoexec.NT and Autoexec.bat to remove unnecessary paths. The 100-150 characters relates to the sum of characters in both files.
You also need RARAPI16.DLL in the WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory; it's not provided by Win2000 -- probably Uncle Bill's sense of humor. Get this file at
Also read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q196453