re: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:26 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by normanw (1284 messages posted) That is precisely what is supposed to happen. Only an administrator account has the necessary priviliges to execute those files. ‘There’s always tomorrow. At least, there always has been, so far.’ – Keith Waterhouse On Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:08 pm, Kevin Carmody wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I have a new XP system on which I have 3 accounts, 1 admin account, and 2 limited >accounts. When I start a command window under the admin account, CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT >are executed, but when I do the same under either of the limited accounts, CONFIG >and AUTOEXEC are not executed. > >CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT are in %SystemRoot%\system32\. I am launching CMD.EXE >from a link, not a PIF. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun >is empty and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun is not >present for any user. > >Any ideas? TIA for your help. > >Kevin Written in response to: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (Kevin Carmody: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:08 pm) Responses to this message: re: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (Kevin Carmody: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:16 am) All messages in this thread [show all] CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (Kevin Carmody: Sun, Nov 1, 2009, 1:08 pm) re: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (normanw: Sun, Nov 1, 2009, 3:26 pm) re: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (Kevin Carmody: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 4:16 am) re: CONFIG/AUTOEXEC.NT not run by command window (Ricer46: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 4:56 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum