I got my computer back from the local repair shop. The hard
drive had been cleared out, and Windows reinstalled. I had ex-
pected that, and had important stuff like TRMASTER files backed
up on floppies. I was surprised to find that my Windows 95 had
been replaced by Windows 98.
I installed my TR rev. 6.44, and copied the TRMASTER files
into the TR directory. Then typed a short LOGCFG.DAT in a
CQWW subdirectory, to see that all worked OK. No! when I
typed TR it would not work. BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME.
I found the AUTOEXEC.BAT file was empty. Zero bytes.
During the installation, TR had offered to put in a PATH
statement and to save old AUTOEXEC.BAT as AUTOEXEC.OLD.
Found AUTOEXEC.OLD - empty; zero bytes. Found AUTOEXEC.-
NS0. Huh? What's that? It was also empty.
So, I put the following in the AUTOEXEC.BAT:
PATH C:\DOS;C:\LOG;\C:\PACKET;\C:\DESKMATE
Now, things seem to work OK, but I think a respectable AUTO-
EXEC.BAT should have more entries than this. AND - my CONFIG.-
SYS is also empty; zero bytes. I don't know what should go in it.
The young tech who worked on my computer says to forget the
DOS; Windows 98 will work without DOS. ???
Of course, my DOS programs won't work without DOS. And
it's strange that once when I booted up in Windows and had not
yet put the PATH line in the AUTOEXEC., my screen said some-
thing like this: UNABLE TO START WINDOWS. CAN NOT FIND
WINDOWS.COM (I think that's what it said.) So maybe Windows
needs a DOS path?
Any expert DOSman out there who can tell me what went
wrong, and suggest any important statements to add to AUTO-
EXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS?
Thanks from Charlie, W2KTF
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