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AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 03.01.2013, 10:49

> Thanks for the heads-up, Laaca(R)!
>
> I'm certainly no expert, so "better safe than sorry."

It's just a .BAT file, but it's (usually) autorun from the resident shell at startup. Usually people put defaults in there like TSRs and env. vars. There no explicit reason you can't rerun it, but usually it won't work like you want (and most TSRs aren't smart enough to not load twice or unload or similar niceties). But just resetting env. vars doesn't need a reboot, as you've discovered. (For loading device drivers, usually I do such in CONFIG.SYS, but some you can load in AUTOEXEC via something like DEVLOAD.)

Complete thread:

• AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - CluelessInSeattl, 31.12.2012, 16:00 (Users)
  • AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - Laaca, 31.12.2012, 17:25
    • AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - CluelessInSeattl, 31.12.2012, 18:22
      • AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - Rugxulo, 03.01.2013, 10:49
  • AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - j_hoff, 31.12.2012, 20:05
    • AUTOEXEC.BAT: Must I reboot to run it? - CluelessInSeattl, 03.01.2013, 17:18