AUTOEXEC.BAT is a system file that was originally on DOS-type operating systems. It is a plain-text batch file in the root directory of the boot device...
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Batch file (redirect from .bat)
added to the end of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to allow automatic loading of Windows. In the earlier versions, one could run a .bat type file from Windows in...
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such line. The command shell in turn is responsible for processing the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. CONFIG.SYS is composed mostly of name=value directives which look...
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DOS prompt or as a line in AUTOEXEC.BAT. In Windows 95 and onward it is automatically invoked by IO.SYS after AUTOEXEC.BAT is processed. The file is present...
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settings and commands executed before loading the command interpreter and AUTOEXEC.BAT, which is a batch file automatically executed after loading COMMAND.COM...
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any time; either during the DOS startup sequence (for example, from AUTOEXEC.BAT), or at the user's request (for example, Borland's Sidekick and Turbo...
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hibernation. Processing of real mode configuration files, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, is bypassed at startup and essential real mode drivers like HIMEM.SYS...
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configuration data. Previous versions of Windows used files such as AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and other files with an .INI extension...
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MS-DOS environment. This was done by inserting command.com into the autoexec.bat file or changing the BootGUI variable in the MSDOS.SYS file to 0. This...
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introduced the INI-file format. Similar to an rc file, the batch file named AUTOEXEC.BAT ran commands on startup. Both these files were retained up to Windows...
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(especially Conventional memory) by automatically reconfiguring the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. This was usually done by moving TSR programs and...
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{program directory};%PATH% or SET PATH={program directory};%PATH% line to AUTOEXEC.BAT. When a command is entered in a command shell or a system call is made...
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SMARTDRV.EXE, which could be run at user's discretion or at boot time via AUTOEXEC.BAT. However, SMARTDRV.EXE also includes a double-buffering driver that should...
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loading all of config.sys + autoexec.bat or hold F8 so DOS prompt Y/N to confirm each line in config.sys and autoexec.bat; allowing you to skip loading...
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COMMAND.COM. The shell is loaded and executed. The startup batch file AUTOEXEC.BAT is then run by the shell. The DOS system files loaded by the boot sector...
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line. For example, the command "TYPE C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT > LPT1:" would redirect the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to the printer port. A PRN device was...
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Booting from the hard disk to a command line only was no longer permitted, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files were no longer loaded or parsed before loading the...
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or configured for automatic startup by adding WIN.COM to the end of AUTOEXEC.BAT. The installation of Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.2 requires...
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based kernels, hence the reason for zero-length versions of files like AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS having to be carried forward on operating systems that...
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variable's default value is stored in the Windows Registry or set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. On Unix, a setuid program is given an environment chosen by its...
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COMMAND.COM: This is the command interpreter. User configuration files: AUTOEXEC.BAT: This is run by the default shell (usually COMMAND.COM) to execute commands...
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MSX-DOS (redirect from AUTOEXEC.BAS)
initial startup, COMMAND.COM looks for an optional batch file named AUTOEXEC.BAT and, if it exists, executes the commands specified in there. If MSX-DOS...
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4DOS (redirect from 4START.BAT)
was bundled with Norton Utilities 8, and corresponded to 4DOS 4.03. AUTOEXEC.BAT Comparison of command shells DESCRIPT.ION ZCPR – a CCP replacement for...
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doctorate from Harvard. The virus was isolated in 1989. AIDS replaces the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which would then be used by AIDS to count the number of times the...
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loader phase is handled by MS-DOS. During the boot phase, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT are executed, along with the configuration settings files WIN.INI and...
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priorities through a virtual machine manager menu. Unique CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files could be configured for each application, and even different DOS...
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and edits AUTOEXEC.BAT to make Windows launch it on startup. The worm adds these commands to AUTOEXEC.BAT: @ECHO off C:\Windows\Start...
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Manager drivers only using DOS drivers loaded in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT configuration files using a combination of DOS drivers and Windows 95...
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user-default switch command) Yes (automatic \AUTOEXEC.BAT for primary shell, or explicitly via /P, /P:filename.bat or /K startup options) Yes (via CALL command...
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the lines "del C:\WINDOWS" and "del C:\WINDOWS\system32" to the file "autoexec.bat". These commands would be executed at the next boot (the next time computer...
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