[TRLog] Empty AUTOEXEC.BAT

[Bill Turner]

I'm not a programmer but am a fairly heavy DOS user (under Win98).  Here's
what my AUTOEXEC.BAT file says, :

SET CALLBOOK=C:\
PROMPT $p$g
SET DIRCMD=/O/P
DOSKEY
CLS

And that's all I need to run all my DOS programs (TR, ELNEC, DXP38, RTTY by
WF1B).  The first line is to point my Windows log program, LogWindows to the
location of my callbook files.  Oddly enough, even though it's a Windows
program, LogWindows has to have that statement or it can't work with the
callbook.

W7TI
______________________________________________________________
----- Original Message -----
From: CHARLES P BAKER <w2ktf@juno.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:44 PM
Subject: [TRLog] Empty AUTOEXEC.BAT


>
>      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 been replaced by Windows 98.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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