autoexe.bat

[whatdah...]

A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat
file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it
optional?

 

[Frank]

That is with the windows 9x DOS based operating systems. Not required with
XP.

 

[zessler]

win Xp does not need autoexe.bat to function

 

[Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox]]

-----Original Message-----
A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat
file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it
optional?
.

WinXP uses autoexec.nt located in the Windows/system32
folder.

Hope this helps!

Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert

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[Tim Slattery]

A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat
file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it
optional?

It's not needed in WinXP.

 

[whatdah...]

-------------Thanks to all-----------

 

[Ken Blake]

In

A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat
file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it
optional?

It was never required in any version of Windows or MS-DOS. It was
always optional. But in Windows XP, it's not optional; it's not
used at all.

 

[Ron Martell]

It was never required in any version of Windows or MS-DOS. It was
always optional. But in Windows XP, it's not optional; it's not
used at all.

Early versions of MS-DOS would always prompt you for the Date and Time
at startup if there was no autoexec.bat

So if you wanted a fully automatic startup in DOS it was necessary to
at least have the file present.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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