Win ME & autoexec.bat

[Jonty]

On my 98 machine I have stuff in the autoexec.bat to delete certain files etc on startup. I want to do the same on my ME machine, but understand that the autoexec.bat file doesn't work the same in ME.

I did try putting the extra lines into the ME autoexec but it didn't work.

What is the best way to do this? I tried searching Microsoft but couldn't find anything of use.

[muno]

Err.. Why doesn't it work? Because it should.
Please provide the error it displays when it tries to do what it's supposed to do.
-M

[Jonty]

All that happened the first time I ran it was that the machine stopped at the 'Verifying DMA pool data' bit. I had to reset and then it booted OK. Once in the system I discovered the autoexec.bat file was back to how it was before I changed it and the changed version now had the .bak extension on it - I don't know how it managed to do this! The files I wanted deleted were still sitting there too.

[muno]

Uh, the bootup files aren't parsed before it verifies the dma pool. It has to complete the (pre/post)-post first, and only then will it start parsing files like autoexec.bat and config.sys.

The only reason for your autoexec.bat file to now work, would be because it's calling for some 3rd party software that just isn't there anymore.

Here's an example
(autoexec.bat)
c:\startup\deleteeverything.exe c:\windows\temp /F

Standard windows does not have such a file, which would make it fail, but it will not halt the boot process.
-M