Locating Bootup Autoexec File in WIN-XP:

[Dr Dan DeLoge]

When I upgraded from WIN-ME to WIN-XP, I had a prompt line
in my autoexec.bat file as follows;
"prompt=$e[1,33,44m$p$g" (to provide screen colors, using
"device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys" in my config.sys file.

ansi.sys options of course do NOT work in WIN-XP, but I
cannot locate the new autoexec file which still carries the
old prompt, even though I have deleted that prompt line
from the autoexec.bat file located in the root directory
and deleted the ansi.sys device driver from the config.sys
in the same directory.

WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??

Windows XP does not use an AUTOEXEC.* file.
The PROMPT setting may have been kept. See "How to Manage Environment
Variables in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310519).

 

[Jerry]

Windows XP uses CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT and they are in the \system32
directory.

 

[Joe 1]

I had exactly the same command in my autoexec.bat file.
Look for autoexec.tsh using cmd.exe in the "Run" window,
edit it and save it. That should do the trick.