Article: Q96152
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 26-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SUMMARY
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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 "c:\dos" 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
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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
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Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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