How to Turn Off Windows NT Interpretation of AUTOEXEC.BAT

 Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
Article ID: Q102957

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

In certain cases, it might be desirable to disable Windows NT's interpretation of environment variables listed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To do this, add the following statement in front of any listed environment variables you want Windows NT to ignore: 

   IF NOT "%OS%"="WINDOWS_NT"
For example: 

   IF NOT "%OS%"="WINDOWS_NT" SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbenv ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
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