Autoexec.bat disappears

I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it
disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer, and
create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see it
in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I type
autoexec, and it's a "bad command of file name". Then when I tried to close
the explorer window, the computer froze. So, I rebooted and the file was
gone. I recreated it again. This time in Explorer. I rebooted and it was
gone once more. What do I do to combat this annoying behavior?

--
Bill DeShawn

http://my.sterling.net~bdeshawn

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:18:59 -0700, "Bill DeShawn"
wrote:

I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it
disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer, and
create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see it
in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I type
autoexec, and it's a "bad command of file name". Then when I tried to close
the explorer window, the computer froze. So, I rebooted and the file was
gone. I recreated it again. This time in Explorer. I rebooted and it was
gone once more. What do I do to combat this annoying behavior?

Bill,

If Notepad says it's already there it might be hidden. To remove the
hidden attribute boot to Command Prompt Only and from Dos C:\ prompt
enter:

Attrib -r -s -h Autoexec.bat

Then enter DIR, is it there? If not enter DIR Autoexec.*

Also use FIND from Windows and search for Autoexec.*

Do you find any others with a different extension in C:\?

If so tell us what their full names are.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

"Bill DeShawn" wrote in message
...

I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it
disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer,
and
create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see
it
in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I type
autoexec, and it's a "bad command of file name". Then when I tried to
close
the explorer window, the computer froze. So, I rebooted and the file was
gone. I recreated it again. This time in Explorer. I rebooted and it
was
gone once more. What do I do to combat this annoying behavior?

Win98 does not need AUTOEXEC.BAT
although you can use this to set up some
unusual DOS configuration. AUTOEXEC.BAT
occurs in Win98 only because it was normally used
in Win98. (DOSSTART.BAT does its functions better.)

What did you want to implement at boot via
AUTOEXEC.BAT?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Hello,

I exactly met the same problem last week!!
So i would like toknow if you have found why the file autoexec.bat disappears?

Personnaly I use the file autoexec.bat to define the keybord language for
MS-DOS (I'm french and my keybord is azerty).
I also need this file to define an environnement variable with the command
"set" but maybe I could use something else?

Thanks a lot

"Don Phillipson" a écrit :

"Bill DeShawn" wrote in message
...

I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it
disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer,
and
create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see
it
in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I type
autoexec, and it's a "bad command of file name". Then when I tried to
close
the explorer window, the computer froze. So, I rebooted and the file was
gone. I recreated it again. This time in Explorer. I rebooted and it
was
gone once more. What do I do to combat this annoying behavior?

Win98 does not need AUTOEXEC.BAT
although you can use this to set up some
unusual DOS configuration. AUTOEXEC.BAT
occurs in Win98 only because it was normally used
in Win98. (DOSSTART.BAT does its functions better.)

What did you want to implement at boot via
AUTOEXEC.BAT?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Please read the response by Bill Watt.
I see no reason to assume that the OP has a missing Autoexec.bat from
his details. He says it is there but he cannot see it by a DOS
command. That is no indication that it is missing.

Please repost in your own words with your problem.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


In microsoft.public.win98.setup, Michael Grenier Michael
wrote:


Hello,

I exactly met the same problem last week!!
So i would like toknow if you have found why the file autoexec.bat disappears?

Personnaly I use the file autoexec.bat to define the keybord language for
MS-DOS (I'm french and my keybord is azerty).
I also need this file to define an environnement variable with the command
"set" but maybe I could use something else?

Thanks a lot

"Don Phillipson" a écrit :

"Bill DeShawn" wrote in message
...

I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it
disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer,
and
create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see
it
in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I type
autoexec, and it's a "bad command of file name". Then when I tried to
close
the explorer window, the computer froze. So, I rebooted and the file was
gone. I recreated it again. This time in Explorer. I rebooted and it
was
gone once more. What do I do to combat this annoying behavior?