W whatdah... Aug 13, 2003 #1 A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional?
A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional?
F Frank Aug 13, 2003 #2 That is with the windows 9x DOS based operating systems. Not required with XP.
G Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox] Aug 13, 2003 #4 -----Original Message----- A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? . Click to expand... WinXP uses autoexec.nt located in the Windows/system32 folder. Hope this helps! Gary Thorn MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox Associate Expert This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights More about the Windows XP Expert Zone: More about the MS MVP Program: http://tinyurl.com/n08
-----Original Message----- A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? . Click to expand... WinXP uses autoexec.nt located in the Windows/system32 folder. Hope this helps! Gary Thorn MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox Associate Expert This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights More about the Windows XP Expert Zone: More about the MS MVP Program: http://tinyurl.com/n08
T Tim Slattery Aug 13, 2003 #5 whatdah... said: A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? Click to expand... It's not needed in WinXP.
whatdah... said: A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? Click to expand... It's not needed in WinXP.
K Ken Blake Aug 13, 2003 #7 In whatdah... said: A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? Click to expand... 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.
In whatdah... said: A colleagues new pc with XP didnt have an autoexe.bat file. Thought an autoexe.bat is required or is it optional? Click to expand... 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.
R Ron Martell Aug 15, 2003 #8 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. Click to expand... 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 "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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. Click to expand... 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 "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
