AUTOEXEC.BAT

[MBTraining]

Where do I put BATCH files that I want to initiate when Windows starts up?

In DOS, I used to put stuff in AUTOEXEC.BAT but that seems to be empty on
Windows XP (Home).

Thanks

MB

 

[Rob Schneider]

Where do I put BATCH files that I want to initiate when Windows starts up?

In DOS, I used to put stuff in AUTOEXEC.BAT but that seems to be empty on
Windows XP (Home).

Thanks

MB

XP doesn't use the autoexec.bat file on startup.

If you wish a program to execute upon your login to the box, put the
program, or shortcut to that program, in the Startup Folder.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Where do I put BATCH files that I want to initiate when Windows starts up?

In DOS, I used to put stuff in AUTOEXEC.BAT but that seems to be empty on
Windows XP (Home).

Put them or a shortcut to them in the startup folder. R-click on Start
and choose either Open (if it is to be run only when *you* logon, or
Open All Users if to be run when anyone logs on. Open Programs and in
that open Startup, and put it in there.

Autoexec.bat is not used in XP. It is retained only for the benefit of
support for old DOS programs that go and look in it for themselves