Let's say you have an autoexec.bat that automatically sends you to the program. which key will prevent the autoexec.bat from executing?? is it f8 there also??
ON a DOS machine. How do you cancel the Autoexec.bat??
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ok. so it was f5. thanks.
can't edit the file because the program that boots up doesn't really have an exit function. poorly designed program. this computer really has one purpose and one purpose only to run the Lasik machine using this old DOS program.
anyway, thanks. i'd forgotten f5.
can't edit the file because the program that boots up doesn't really have an exit function. poorly designed program. this computer really has one purpose and one purpose only to run the Lasik machine using this old DOS program.
anyway, thanks. i'd forgotten f5.
Sure you can. All you need is a DOS text editor. EDIT.COM (in DOS) is about the worst I've seen, except for the old COPY COM routine.
Once you F5 and get to the command prompt, go to the root directory, and edit the file. You could also copy AUTOEXEC.BAT to a floppy and edit it on a Windoze machine in NOTEPAD.
REM works just fine for the autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
As for holding down shift, I think that only works when you're booting into windows, to prevent the startup items from loading. It doesn't do much of anything starting the system up on a DOS machine.
JW
Harvey
I was saying that I can't edit the Autoexec.bat file till AFTER i shut down, reboot and hit f5 allowing me to get to the command prompt.
I was saying that I can't edit the Autoexec.bat file till AFTER i shut down, reboot and hit f5 allowing me to get to the command prompt.
BTW, what is wrong with Edit.com??
i never had problems with it. on my old 486 laptop i would just leave off all the software and just used edit.com as my note taker.
it was ok. not great, but far from suck. it wasn't like edlin or anything.
i never had problems with it. on my old 486 laptop i would just leave off all the software and just used edit.com as my note taker.
it was ok. not great, but far from suck. it wasn't like edlin or anything.
I love COPY CON. Get done and you have two options to quit and save: F6 or CTRL-Z. CTRL-C to quit.
Edit is awesome. I wrote all kinds of batch files with edit.com. Get used to COPY CON and you'll appreciate Edit. It also provides a familiar QBasic-like interface.
Seriously, though. I grew up on DOS 2.1 with BASICA. You think EDIT was bad? Have you ever used EDLIN?
Edit is awesome. I wrote all kinds of batch files with edit.com. Get used to COPY CON and you'll appreciate Edit. It also provides a familiar QBasic-like interface.
Seriously, though. I grew up on DOS 2.1 with BASICA. You think EDIT was bad? Have you ever used EDLIN?
I was thinking that myself. I remember when edit wasn't even available (was dos 5.0 the first dos with edit? don't remember). Edlin is the definition of user unfriendly.
Yes it was. I was thrilled when Dos 5.0 came out.
But by then I was messing around with virtual ram disks and trying to simulate a hard drive (I didn't have one on my old 8088.)
By the way, I considered myself geeky for liking edlin. Now I'm not sure I'd be able to use it that well... have to touch up on that sometime. I wrote a version of edlin in BASICA about 7 years ago.
But by then I was messing around with virtual ram disks and trying to simulate a hard drive (I didn't have one on my old 8088.)
By the way, I considered myself geeky for liking edlin. Now I'm not sure I'd be able to use it that well... have to touch up on that sometime. I wrote a version of edlin in BASICA about 7 years ago.
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