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Network - AUTOEXEC.BAT

Under DOS, AUTOEXEC.BAT is a special batch file that is executed automatically when the computer boots or reboots. The commands in the file can be used to configure a working environment. For example, commands in an AUTOEXEC.BAT file may load drivers or other files, set a command line prompt, set environment variables, load a network operating system, and so on. Various solutions have been developed to allow some flexibility in booting to an environment. For example, OS/2 version 2.x allows each DOS process to have its own automatically executed file. For DOS, various programs have been developed to allow conditional processing in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. BROADER CATEGORY Boot SEE ALSO AUTOEXEC.NCF; CONFIG.SYS