Re: Do autoexec.bat/ config.sys work in xp?

From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:01:56 +1100

Autoexec.bat is used. It is read at each user logon and has a low priority. Programming tools will find it essential. Autoexec.nt and config.nt are read whenever a Dos or Win16 program starts. and only have a life time of that 16 bit program. 

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"Yves Leclerc" <yvesleclercNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:%23CzWTTOHFHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> You should be using Autoexec.NT and Config.NT.  Autoexec.bat and Config.sys 
> do not seem to be really used.
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> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message 
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> Autoexec.bat gets read. Config.sys doesn't. However autoexec variables don't 
> override system or user variables. But can add to the list.
> 
> EG
> 
> Set var=fred in the registry,
> 
> Set var=myrtle in Autoexec and
> Set var1=Myrtle
> 
> Var will = Fred
> Var1=Myrtle
> 
> Path statements are added to the end of user/system paths.
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> "V S Rawat" <VSRawat@HCLInfinet.com> wrote in message 
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>> Do autoexec.bat/ config.sys work in xp?
>>
>> I have put some settings in 98, like setting c:TEMP and
>> C:TMP folder so that I can clean them manually. I have done
>> that by putting that in autoexec.bat in c: which is my 98
>> partition. some settings are also put in c:config.sys
>>
>> Is there any way that the same c:autoexec.bat and
>> c:config.sys get used by xp sp2 that is in my e:
>>
>> or, do I need to keep them at e:, if at all these work in
>> xp? It should use same c:TEMP and c:TMP folder for its temp
>> work in xp as it is using in 98.
>>
>> What are the useful settings for autoexec.bat and config.sys
>> in xp?
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