J
Jeanie
What does MS DOS stand for?
J
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
Jeanie;
MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MicroSoft Disk Operating System
W
WimJan
L
Lorne Smith
Jeanie said:
MicroSoft Disk Operating System, and it's pretty much obsolete these days...
Lorne
J
Jeanie
it.If it is almost obsolete, why, when I run norton's
windoctor to check for errors,in the list of files that
is being checked, there's about 8 different MS DOS files?
L
Lorne Smith
Jeanie said:
What files are they, and what makes you think they are MS-DOS files? DOS
doesn't exist in XP, although it does have a DOS emulator which does use
some of the same filenames...
Lorne
G
Gina
Best regards,
Gina.
J
Jeanie
MS DOS shortcut c;\doc~
and 2 more files that look like this,
MS DOS shortcut c;\programs
MS DOS shortcut c;\windows
J
jeanie
All files have the (~) after them
L
Lorne Smith
Jeanie said:
These are WINDOWS folders not DOS files, though the tilde (~) symbol should
normally only be seen if you are either booting from a DOS floppy or running
the 16 bit command prompt (command.com) from within XP. 16 bit DOS only
supports 11 character files names in the format xxxxxxxx.xxx so long
filenames are truncated and shown with something like ~1 or ~2 at the end
where there are other folders/files with similar names...
C:\doc~ is probably C:\Documents and Settings
c:\programs is C:\Program Files
c:\windows is C:\Windows
All 3 are essential windows folders and should NOT be deleted unless you
want to kill Windows...
Lorne
S
Sharon F
Lorne, I agree that the *folders* are important and should not be deleted
but do not think that is what Jeanie is seeing.
MS DOS Shortcut shows up as a file type description. I can see Jeanies'
Norton programs possibly pointing out "invalid shortcuts." Leftovers in the
Recent folder for example. Shortcuts are dispensable and can be replaced.
I think the shortened paths that were reported here are due to columns or
information fields that have not been resized to show the entire contents.
The reason I don't think it's the 8.3 format is because Documents and
Settings would be C:\Docume~1 and Program Files would show as C:\Progra~1.
Norton's utilities can do some odd things at times but have never seen them
recommending the removal of major operating system.
Regardless, I do agree with your statement that folders like these should
be left alone.
