Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Friday, October 24, 2003 at 9:08 pm
Posted by John
(1 messages posted)
while the config.sys file is unused in an NT-based system (NT 4.0, 2000, XP), older
MS-DOS based programs may still need certain parameters set that are normally found
in the config.sys under a non-NT system. In this case, its the CONFIG.NT file associated
with the program in question (set in the properties for the program). The standard
default is C:\WINNT {or WINDOWS}\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT
I believe similar rules may apply to the AUTOEXEC.NT file.
I do tech support for a software company who has many legacy DOS products, and our
software requires a file-handles setting of at least 70. The default in an NT-based
system is FILES=40, and we're constantly getting calls from customers needing to
update this.
SO... in short... The config.sys itself may be unused... but I wouldn't nuke it until
you're sure all your programs work ok, as you might need to get some settings info
out of it first.
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