1. Re: EUdir [Solved]
CoJaBo wrote:
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> > > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Really? As far as I know, neither autoexec.bat
> > > nor config.sys is used in
> > > w2k/xp. They are ignored.
> There is a setting (I think in Tweak UI) that will parse autoexec.bat
> for SET and similar statements, it seems to be off by default.
Tweak UI is some additional stuff, but the DOS functionality
is one of the main features of MS Windows, so I still think
it is OS itself. OS parses autoexec.bat.
> >
> > They are ignored if they are empty. But if you need the
> > real mode settings, they are for these settings.
> >
> > How will you set up the DOS code page, DOS keyboard,
> > 16-bit CD driver for the real mode etc?
> I don't thing XP supports real mode.
ex.exe starts as a real mode DOS program, then switches
into protected mode and runs as a protected mode
DOS32 program.
So, XP supports the real mode DOS programs and the
protected mode DOS32 programs. I am saying about
XP VDM modes. You can run not single VDM on XP.
They all use the same autoexec.bat.
And you can load *pure real mode DOS*, say, from floppy,
onto that P4 box, which usually runs XP.
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> > Try, there are the empty config.sys, autoexec.but, io.sys,
> > msdos.sys in the root directory of the C: drive.
> >
> > You do not need io.sys and msdos.sys, and do not touch them!
> >
> > I think, you can just place your config.sys and autoexec.bat
> I have read that 2K/XP delete those DOS sys files and replace
> them with blank files(but then why are they there...?).
No, it seems to be. My autoexec.bat, not empty, sits on my
friend's XP box and does its job. I have tried the SET command.
The current environment variables get the additional parameters,
which repeat the settings of the current autoexec.bat.
Really, "(but then why are they there...?)" ????
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> > Just do not forget to restart your machine with any new
> > version of config.sys and autoexec.bat you are editing.
>
> If the setting is enabled in XP it (should) only require a logoff.
Maybe, I do not know, restarting worked, that box was personal one.
Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru
