Article ID: 33111
Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
- 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
This article was previously published under Q33111
SUMMARY
When some programs exit, or shell out to MS-DOS, they need to reload the command interpreter, COMMAND.COM. To make the process of reloading the command interpreter more efficient, you can place COMMAND.COM on a RAMDrive. To do this, follow these steps:
- In your AUTOEXEC.BAT batch file, copy the file COMMAND.COM to the RAMDrive.
- Set the COMSPEC environment variable to point to the copy of COMMAND.COM on the RAMDrive.
- Set the PATH environment variable to include COMMAND.COM's location on the RAMDrive.
MORE INFORMATION
The following is an example of copying COMMAND.COM to a RAMDrive called E:
COPY C:\COMMAND.COM E:\
SET COMSPEC=E:\COMMAND.COM
SET PATH=E:\;... <--- Fill in the rest of your PATH
Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
Keywords: KB33111
