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BOB THANKS! BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION,

Nov 24, 2003 2:19AM PST

Thanks for your help simplifying my boot up process. I got rid of the boot menu by editing my msdos.sys file. Now, there's just one more thing. My autoexec.bat file still displays itself during boot up. How do I get rid of it? Ever grateful, Lori

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Re:BOB THANKS! BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION,
Nov 24, 2003 3:07AM PST

You can try the various BOOTLOGO or such, but today, there is NO requirement for such a file. If you had posted your autoexec.bat contents, people could have commented if such was required and what could be moved out.

Bob

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Re:Re:BOB THANKS! BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION,
Nov 24, 2003 3:33AM PST

SET CTCM=C:\WINDOWS
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H1 P330 T6

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That can be moved to...
Nov 24, 2003 3:47AM PST

SET CTCM=C:\WINDOWS
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H1 P330 T6

These are called Environment Variables. Let me see if I can Google up a page about setting them in 98...

http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/faq/q1.html writes it up nicely with graphics to show how to use MSCONFIG to do this move.

Then you can rename AUTOEXEC.BAT to AUTOSUCH.OLD

Bob

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Re:That can be moved to...
Nov 24, 2003 4:15AM PST

It looks like from the article you pointed me to that you think I need to add a line to my autoexec.bat file in order to set the enviromental table for some application. I do not need to make my autoexec.bat file bigger, I need for it to stop displaying on boot up, any ideas? You allude to the idea this can be moved but you don't say where.

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Re:Re:That can be moved to...
Nov 24, 2003 4:24AM PST

MSCONFIG and the article shows how to set environment variables. Since all can be moved to MSCONFIG and Windows, then autoexec.bat can be renamed or deleted.

Since the file is now gone, it can't display.

Bob

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Re:Re:Re:That can be moved to...
Nov 24, 2003 5:36AM PST

OK, I KNOW HOW TO DELETE OR RENAME AUTOEXEC.BAT, BUT FIRST I HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO "MOVE IT TO MSCONFIG". WHICH I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A PROGRAM FILE. PLEASE EXPLAIN. THANKS.