Vista and autoexec.bat

[a]

Can you still use autoexec.bat to say, set path etc?

 

[Guest]

Should be able to though it is there to allow Dos apps to install without
error. Only Set, Prompt, and Path are read, and they are read after USER
logon for the user logging on not the machine.

 

[Guest]

No. That hasn't been used since Win98. There is no dos in XP or Vista, just a
simulated version of a command prompt.

 

[Guest]

None the less Path, Prompt, and Set commands from Autoexec.bat are run after
user login. There is a registry entry to prevent this. Existing variables
will not be changed if present in Autoexec. And path is added to the end of
the current path.

Hopefully this is a MS link about it (it's a few years old)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;100843