From: "Andrew Jones" <luminous-is AT home DOT com>
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> > I spent a few minutes in Start->Help looking for autoexec.bat.  Not that
> > helpful.
>
> AUTOEXEC.BAT is a DOS feature, so you need a DOS manual.

Right... and how many people starting programming these days have one of these
lying around?  The is a Windows world we're living in, my friend.  So, where's
the help for them?  I only know because I started in DOS (well, QNX, but).  But
take a 15 year old kid who's never seen a non-gui operating system in his life,
only know the comforts of USB and plug 'n play, and ask him what AUTOEXEC.BAT
is.

AndrewJ