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Where could my autoexec file be?
All I have in my root directory is the following:
@C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\bootup.exe @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM [Header] REM [CD-ROM Drive] REM C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 REM [Miscellaneous] c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcmidi.exe /S c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtsmp.dat /T c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtdos.osp This doesn't look like the whole thing to me . Is the real file hidden somewhere? Any clues? I have explorer set to show all files and I can't find it in C:\. The above shows up when I run sysedit. TIA Steve |
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... All I have in my root directory is the following: @C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\bootup.exe @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM [Header] REM [CD-ROM Drive] REM C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 REM [Miscellaneous] c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcmidi.exe /S c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtsmp.dat /T c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtdos.osp This doesn't look like the whole thing to me . Is the real file hidden somewhere? Any clues? 1. Your root directory should have 10 to 20 files of various names. 2. Win98 does not need AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS although you can use them for special needs as here to load on boot the Grisoft AVG application. 3. Lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT beginning REM are REMarks as distinct from commands i.e. do nothing: but can be altered whenever needed (as here to load DOS drivers for CD drives via MSCDEX.) Remember there will be a difference between AUTOEXEC for your startup floppy, which requires MSCDEX, and AUTOEXEC for everyday booting of the PC. You can experiment with either by (1) Making every command non-functional by REM at the beginning of each line, then (2) Making one at a time functional again, to see if you need it. Of course you have to know what you are doing, e.g. booting from the startup floppy with CD drives enabled etc. E.g. you would need to load CWCMIDI at boot only if it is a DOS app that (a) you want to use and (b) cannot run via Windows -- which seems unlikely. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Steve wrote:
All I have in my root directory is the following: @C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\bootup.exe @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM [Header] REM [CD-ROM Drive] REM C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 REM [Miscellaneous] c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcmidi.exe /S c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtsmp.dat /T c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtdos.osp This doesn't look like the whole thing to me . Why not? What makes you think it should be any different/bigger? ________________ Is the real file hidden somewhere? Nope. ____________ I have explorer set to show all files and I can't find it in C:\. The above shows up when I run sysedit. That's because you found it. Congratulations. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.05... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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You have found it and it probably contains more than most.
(Certainly more than mine) Autoexec.bat is not needed by Windows and a clean install gives me a blank Confifgsys and Autoexec.bat ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.win98.setup, "Steve" wrote: All I have in my root directory is the following: @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM [Header] REM [CD-ROM Drive] REM C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 REM [Miscellaneous] c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcmidi.exe /S c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtsmp.dat /T c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcwtdos.osp This doesn't look like the whole thing to me . Is the real file hidden somewhere? Any clues? I have explorer set to show all files and I can't find it in C:\. The above shows up when I run sysedit. TIA Steve |
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