autoexec.bat - what does this do ?

set path=%Path%;C:\Folder\

and can whatever it does be put in win.ini

[Programs]

section ?

regards

 

All is does is add the path to c:\folder to the system.
If you have a program in that folder, that starts when Windows starts, then it must be pathed.
If you don't have such a thing in that folder, simply remove the line, or delete atuoexec completely, as you don't need it in Win98.

 

Thanks for the reply and info Reboot.
In the reg start-up, the program is started from the full path
anyway . I have removed autoexec.bat with no side effects
so far. It was the %Path% param that puzzled me.
regards

 

Using "%Path%" means that THAT path is added to ALL windows components that may require it, including the master path in the registry, not just a specific app.

 

Its worth mentioning that although Win98 doesn't need autoexec.bat we might. If you have an app which is required to execute automatically before windows then automatic execution.bat is the way to go. I've got four such apps - two commercial and two home brewed. I've also got some conditional statements from menuitems defined in config.sys. For example, sometimes my TEMP folder is on the hdd and sometimes its on a RAM disk for a specific reason.

 

Windows 95 and up to and including 98 SE do not need Config.sys or Autoexec.bat that is true. But DOS does.

But the need for them is totally individual user or system setup dependent.

I myself ( in 98SE anyway ) have the AV checking the Boot Sector.

I have several set commands.

Set TMP=C:\Window\Temp
Set Temp=C:\Window\Temp

These help to keep install temp files in one place.

SET Blaster= ( DOS audio )

I have a PATH=C:\;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\Command

Makes it much easier to run DOS commands from the Start/Run line. Or even any Windows executables. As Windows already knows where they are.

A couple of my DOS programs require Himem.sys, EMM386.exe, etc. in the Config.sys.

I did have the CDROM driver in config.sys for awhile. But on occasion it would mess up my Windows CRDOMs and the IDE controllers.

So the bottom line is. User/System Requirements.

gammaepsilon is correct.

BillyBob