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MODIFYING AUTOEXEC.BAT
One way to speed up your computer is to modify AUTOEXEC.BAT
This is done by adding FASTOPEN and PATH commands to
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
(1) Using the PATH command
When you enter a name of a command on the DOS command line,
DOS looks only in the current directory for that command
name. If the file is not found, DOS will respond
Bad command or file name
If you know that your program is in another directory, you
can change to that directory and run the program. Instead of
changing directory every time you run a program from a
different directory, you can add a line that includes the
PATH command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
The DOS PATH command allows you to run programs without
changing the current directory. It can be used as follows
PATH C:\SUB1;C:\SUB2;C:\SUB3
Where SUB1, SUB2, SUB3 should be replaced with the names of
your subdirectories. You can specify as many subdirectories
as you want as long as the number of characters in the PATH
line does not exceed 127.
When you run a program, DOS searches for the program name in
the current directory, before executing the PATH command to
look in the other subdirectories.
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(2) USING FASTOPEN
FASTOPEN is a DOS command which is available on DOS 3.3 or
higher. The way it works is when you access a file on a hard
disk FASTOPEN remembers the location of the file so that DOS
doesn't have to search the hard disk if the file is used
again. Without FASTOPEN DOS has to read the file allocation
table (FAT) on the hard disk to find the location of the file
before it retrieves it. To start up FASTOPEN for drive C,
you may enter the command
FASTOPEN C: (Enter)
You can track up to 34 files, including subdirectories using
the above command. You can increase this number. To track 100
files, you would type
FASTOPEN C:=100 (Enter)
For installation of FASTOPEN or PATH on the AUTOEXEC.BAT use
EDLIN Command, or any wordprocessor to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT
If you are not familiar with creating or modifying
AUTOEXEC.BAT refer to your DOS manual or to a friend who
knows more about computers.
There are 2 good shareaware programs that will help you
understand more about batch files. you can download these
programs from a local BBS or order them through the mail
from one of the shareware distributors listed in another
section of this disk.
You can also get registered versions directly from their
authors:
These programs are:
PC-LEARN Registration fee $25.00
author: Jim Hood
P.O. Box 1506
Merser Island, WA 98040
(206) 236-0470
TUTOR.COM Registration fee $10.00
Author:
Computer Knowledge
P.O. Box 91176
Los Angelos, CA 90009
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