https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=200.203.101.30DOSBoxWiki - User contributions [en]2026-10-22T19:54:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=AUTOEXEC&diff=1567AUTOEXEC2008-10-29T21:14:44Z<p>200.203.101.30: /* A Common AUTOEXEC.BAT */</p>
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<div>The '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' file is a reference to original MS-DOS systems which would load settings from a file called '''CONFIG.SYS''' (which had to be located in the '''C:\''' path), and then execute any commands found in the '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' (also in the '''C:\''' path). Commonly the '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' file would define the system [[PATH]], load any drivers, and launch [[Software:Windows|Windows]]. Because DOSBox already emulates most of what a '''CONFIG.SYS''', and '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' would do, there isn't much need to define anything other than your mountable drives.<br />
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The AUTOEXEC.BAT is a segment of the [[dosbox.conf]] file in the program directory of your DOSBox installation.<br />
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== A Common AUTOEXEC.BAT ==<br />
@ECHO OFF<br />
MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES<br />
C:<br />
CLS<br />
@ECHO Starting MS-DOS 6.22...<br />
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This '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''' file [[MOUNT|mounts]] a [[CDrive|C drive]] (pointed to the Local-Directory C:\DOSGAMES), changes to that drive (from [[ZDrive|Z:]]), [[Commands#CLS|Clears the Screen]] and prints the message<br />
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Starting MS-DOS 6.22...<br />
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(The message that MS-DOS printed immediately before loading the '''CONFIG.SYS''' and '''AUTOEXEC.BAT''').<br />
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MOUNT C C:\oldgames<br />
C:<br />
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** Any tips about how to set FILES=200 and BUFFERS=30 ? Some MSDOS APPs need them.</div>200.203.101.30