Microsoft KB Archive/96152

= Setup Adds MS-DOS Directory to Every PATH Statement =

Article ID: 96152

Article Last Modified on 11/26/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q96152



SUMMARY
MS-DOS Setup adds the MS-DOS directory to every PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example, if Setup finds the following lines in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file

path c:\dos;c:\windows

path %path%;c:\c700\bin

it adds &quot;c:\dos&quot; to the second line even though the MS-DOS directory is already present in the first line. The lines appear as follows:

path c:\dos;c:\windows

path c:\dos;%path%;c:\c700;c:\bin



MORE INFORMATION
If your MS-DOS directory is in the path twice, some applications may not behave as expected. For example, Windows Setup finds MS-DOS-based applications twice when it searches your hard disk based on the path.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS versions 6.0, 6.2, and 6.21. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB96152

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