Does anyone know how or where I may find out how to set up an auotexec.bat file which will prompt a user to select booting windows versus booting a DOS based software program? Have a laptop running W95(Version 4.00.1111)with a program which runs in DOS and I'd like the opportunity to load the DOS program when the computer is turned or load windows. That way I don't have to shutdown and reboot in DOS mode to access the program. Appreciate any help offered. Thank you, jim

I have not got time to do so, But obtain a copy of the Windows 95B Bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com and study how the start menu is put together. It gives the option of CD-ROM support or not, This is a basic MS-DOS menu layout.

The following is how I have always done it: 1. Obtain access to MSDOS.SYS in the root of drive c as follows: ATTRIB -S -H -R MSDOS.SYS 2. edit msdos.sys using the dos editor: EDIT MSDOS.SYS change BOOTGUI=1 toBOOTGUI=0 and save the file. 3. Reset the attributes using: ATTRIB +S +H +R MSDOS.SYS 4. Now, you can leave autoexec.bat alone and type WIN at the command prompt to start windows, OR add the following to autoexec.bat: echo Start Windows? choice/cyn if errorlevel 2 goto dos win :dos rem end of file