I don't think you screwed anything up, and there might not be anything to
fix.

The lines that are executed during startup are displayed to the screen, but
very often the startup procedure doesn't pause long enough for them to be
noticed. I can't work out what these lines might be doing, but I don't
think it's associated with a problem with the temp folder. It's probably
just that some change in the startup procedure means that they are now
visible, whereas previously they were hidden.

You can check your current configuration. Not that it's unlikely that these
changes will be needed, as there's no indication that you have altered
anything that affects startup.

Do Start / Run and enter MSConfig and choose OK. There should be a line in
autoexec such as
Set Temp=C:\Windows\Temp

Many systems will also have
Set Tmp=C:\Windows\Temp

since some programmers get confused between Temp and Tmp. If it's not there,
there's no harm in adding it (New button). Save the changes and exit. Exit
the command window.

Then, from within Explorer, look for the folder C:\Windows\Temp. If it's
not there, create it.

You don't need to look for any files in DOS. You just need to check that the
Temp folder is still there.

Unless, of course, you are having other problems which indicate that startup
isn't completing correctly.

Or, perhaps you are referring to something you changed in the Temporary
Internet Folders settings. These are fixed from within Internet Explorer at
the Tools / Internet Options / Temporary Internet files / Settings dialog.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Thomas Callaghan" wrote in message
...
The MSDOS window with those 4 lines appear after Win 98 boot is complete.
I
can close the DOS window and everything is normal. I'd just like to fix
what
I
screwed up. Which DIR would I look (C:\Windows or C:\) to find these
files?
If "Find:" isn't the proper DOS term for locating a file in DOS could you
tell
me what is? Thanks