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- Page 10-23 of the DOS 2.0 manual clearly states the the COMSPEC parameter is
- used to locate the command processor (COMMAND.COM) when it needs to be reloaded.
- Although the SET command may be used to respecify the path, DOS does not seem to
- recognize it.
- .
- .This program if included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file at boot time along with a SET
- command will cause DOS to reload COMMAND.COM from wherever you wish. My
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file looks like this:
- .
- . ECHO ** AUTOEXEC.BAT **
- . COMSPEC
- . IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO CSGOOD
- . ECHO COMSPEC ERROR
- . GOTO CSBAD
- . :CSGOOD
- . SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM
- . :CSBAD
- .
- .Just remember to copy COMMAND.COM to the electronic disk in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file.
- .
- .If you do not have access to MASM then the file COMSPEC.COM may be modified
- using DEBUG to include your path name.
- .
- . debug comspec.com
- . e112 "C:\COMMAND.COM",0 (your path name here)
- . e160 f (path length in characters including terminating zero)
- . w
-