To the best of my knowledge Win. ME does restore previous settings thinking your changes are an error. Disable System restore by right clicking on my computer, then click properties, performance tab, file system, troubleshooting and disable System Restore. Restart, make changes to Autoexec.bat and then reenable System Restore. Your new configuration will be saved. I believe this will work........JW Lentz
>From: John Selby >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: PCWorks: Win ME - can you edit autoexec.bat file? >Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:17:01 +1300 > >I would like to know if it is possible to successfully edit the autoexec.bat >file in Windows ME? > >On the face of it, the file can easily be edited by finding it and using >notepad, or calling up sysedit from the start > run box. > >However, Windows ME appears to be designed to prevent interference with >autoexec.bat, and any changes made do not "stick" - they are wiped out at >the next boot-up and the autoexec.bat file resumes its old content. > >MS Config appears to be the "legal" facility for changing configuration >settings in Windows ME, but (as far as I can understand) it doesn't provide >any way of getting at the autoexec.bat file. > >I have noticed there is a file called autoexec.bak which has a content >similar to (but not identical to) autoexec.bat, and wonder if this is used >as a reference by Win ME for wiping out any changes which have been made to >autoexec.bat? > >By the way, the reason I wish to edit autoexec.bat is to make use of a >utility I have been using for some time with Win 95 and Win 98 for registry >management. > >I look after half a dozen computers for a local volunteer group called >SeniorNet, which exists to teach older people how to use computers. The >registry management utility allows me to set the computers to always boot >from a fixed registry set, so that many important settings are preserved, >even if some students fiddle with them. This is very useful for the >purposes of teaching because the computers behave in a very predictable and >consistent way. > >The utility needs to be called with a line in autoexec.bat, which is why I >need to be able to edit this file. > >I realise that Win ME is able to restore the registry back to various "set" >points with user intervention, but I want each computer to be automatically >configured to one particular "set" point every time the machine is started, >and I'm not sure if Win ME has this facility? > >I would appreciate any ideas. > >Thanks, John Selby. >__________________ > >John Selby > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >__________________ >============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= >Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & >make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, >http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm >Contact list owner >Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com >===================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
