How to Run Automatic Commands When Starting in MS-DOS Mode

• Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to run commands automatically when you use the "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode" option to restart your computer.

MORE INFORMATION

When you restart your computer in MS-DOS mode, any commands in the Dosstart.bat file are carried out. You can place commands you want to be run when you restart your computer in MS-DOS mode in the Dosstart.bat file. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Start Notepad.

2. Type the commands you want in the Dosstart.bat file in the empty Notepad file.

3. On the File menu, click Save As.

4. Save the file as Dosstart.bat in the Windows folder.

5. Quit Notepad.

1. Use the right mouse button to click the "Exit to Dos" file in the Windows folder, and then click Properties on the menu that appears.

   NOTE: If the "Exit to Dos" file does not exist in the Windows folder, create it with the following steps, and then try step 1 again:

   a. Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down.

   b. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click "Restart the

         computer in MS-DOS mode," and then click Yes.
   

   c. At the command prompt, type "exit" (without quotation

         marks), and then press ENTER.
   

2. On the Program tab, click Advanced.

3. Click the Specify A New MS-DOS Configuration option.

4. Enter the appropriate lines for the Config.sys file for MS-DOS mode in the Config.sys For MS-DOS Mode box.

5. Enter the appropriate lines for the Autoexec.bat file for MS-DOS mode in the Autoexec.bat For MS-DOS Mode box.

6. Click OK.

7. Click OK.