Autoexec.bat in Winnt4, Win2k, WinXP, etc is there for legacy purposes only. (I'm positive on Win2k, WinXP, and so on, but only somewhat sure of WinNT4)<BR><BR>All it does is take environment ...

Starting with DOS 6, there were multiple startup options for the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. The user could bypass them, decide which lines to execute or set up multiple configurations for ...