Do autoexec.bat/ config.sys work in xp?

[V S Rawat]

Do autoexec.bat/ config.sys work in xp?

I have put some settings in 98, like setting c:TEMP and
C:TMP folder so that I can clean them manually. I have done
that by putting that in autoexec.bat in c: which is my 98
partition. some settings are also put in c:config.sys

Is there any way that the same c:autoexec.bat and
c:config.sys get used by xp sp2 that is in my e:

or, do I need to keep them at e:, if at all these work in
xp? It should use same c:TEMP and c:TMP folder for its temp
work in xp as it is using in 98.

What are the useful settings for autoexec.bat and config.sys
in xp?

 

[Chris Catt]

Hi, 'right click' my computer, 'left click' properties, Environment
variables.......
ChrisC

 

[David Candy]

Autoexec.bat gets read. Config.sys doesn't. However autoexec variables don't override system or user variables. But can add to the list.

EG

Set var=fred in the registry,

Set var=myrtle in Autoexec and
Set var1=Myrtle

Var will = Fred
Var1=Myrtle

Path statements are added to the end of user/system paths.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You should be using Autoexec.NT and Config.NT. Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
do not seem to be really used.


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Autoexec.bat gets read. Config.sys doesn't. However autoexec variables don't
override system or user variables. But can add to the list.

EG

Set var=fred in the registry,

Set var=myrtle in Autoexec and
Set var1=Myrtle

Var will = Fred
Var1=Myrtle

Path statements are added to the end of user/system paths.

 

[David Candy]

Autoexec.bat is used. It is read at each user logon and has a low priority. Programming tools will find it essential. Autoexec.nt and config.nt are read whenever a Dos or Win16 program starts. and only have a life time of that 16 bit program.

 

[V S Rawat]

Autoexec.bat gets read.

Are there any additional commands/ options in xp that were
not there in 98.

Config.sys doesn't. However autoexec variables don't override system or user variables. But can add to the list.

OK. Thanks.

In that case, how are the config.sys things (buffeers,
files, dos=high, ...) set in xp?

 

[V S Rawat]

Hi, 'right click' my computer, 'left click' properties, Environment
variables.......
ChrisC

That brings another question.

My desktop is totally clear. Absolutely nothing on it.

I did it by putting all needed icons to quicklaunch and then
removing everything else (even recycly bin) in tweaks.

Thus I don't have my computer on my desktop. The one
appearing in start-menu does not respond to right click and
shows the names of all my drives/partitions.

So how to do it?
---

I have tweaked setting to remove icons from desktop and I
have forgotten about that.

Whenever I create/ move something to my desktop, it does not
appear on my desktop. Somewhere I had seen several things
that should be on my desktop, only that none is visible.

How to make those things visible.

 

[V S Rawat]

Thanks.

Which folder to put autoexec.bat/nt config.sys/nt in?

I have 98 at c: and it already has autoexec.bat and
config.sys for 98.

my xp is at e:

--
Rawat

Autoexec.bat is used. It is read at each user logon and
has a low priority. Programming tools will find it
essential. Autoexec.nt and config.nt are read whenever a
Dos or Win16 program starts. and only have a life time of
that 16 bit program.

You should be using Autoexec.NT and Config.NT. Autoexec.bat
and Config.sys

 

[David Candy]

Windows programs don't care about any of these settings. You can set them for Dos programs in c:\windows\system32\config.nt.

Onlt set/prompt and Path are read from an autoexec.bat. An autoexec.nt has similar commands to a 98 autoexec.bat but only apply per dos/win3.1 programs.

 

[Stan Brown]

My desktop is totally clear. Absolutely nothing on it.

Thus I don't have my computer on my desktop. The one
appearing in start-menu does not respond to right click and
shows the names of all my drives/partitions.

Press the Windows and E keys simultaneously to start Explorer; then
right-click My Computer in the folder tree (left pane).