From: Boon van der RJ <rjvdboon AT sloep107 DOT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ===Autoexec/win/djgpp...SERIOUS PROBLEM!~
Date: 1 Oct 1998 12:25:25 GMT
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:
> In article <6uvk54$4qi$1 AT star DOT cs DOT vu DOT nl> I (Robert) wrote:
>> You also mention multiple autoexec.bat's? Normally only
>> c:\autoexec.bat is used. Delete/rename the others. 

> STOP THE PRESSES.

> This is definitely *not* the thing to do on a generic Win98
> installation. Win98 (and 95 as well, AFAIK) *does* use more than one
> copy of autoexec.bat. In the essence there are separate versions for
> booting straight into Windows, and for booting to DOS 7 (or a
> previous DOS version, for that matter). These are called
> autoexec.dos and autoexec.w40 (or autoexec.win), and one of them
> will be copied over to the name autoexec.bat, depending on the
> user's choice in the bootup menu(es).

Oops, yes, I forgot about them. I deleted them long time ago, and
created my own boot-menu in config.sys (the dos6.22 way). And, as far
as I've experienced it, it doesn't hurt much deleting the .dos and
.win variants, although it _could_ create problems.

But it's better to stay at your (safe) side, thanks for pointing at it.

bye now,
 Robert.
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