Guidelines for installing applications – Texas Instruments TravelMate 2000 User Manual

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

Default AUTOEXEC.BAT File

Line

Purpose

1

echo off - prevents the Me from displaying on the screen when invoked

2

ver - displays version number of MS-DOS

3

set comspec=c:\dos\command.corn - tells MS-DOS to get its COMMAND.COM
file from drive C. speeds processing. Do not remove this line from the file.

4

set path=c:\;c:\utilsc:\dos - defines the directories and order in which to search
for files entered on the command line. You can add additional directories to
this line as required.

5

set mfile=c:\utils - tells Laptop Manager in which directory to find its data file.
This line is required by LapTop Manager.

6

set lapsys=c:\config.sys - tells the LapLink file, DDINSTAL.EXE, to look for the
CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of drive C. This line is required by the
LapLink device driver.

7

set lapfile=c:\- tells LapLink in which directory to find its configuration file. This
line is required by LapLink
.

8

prompt $P$G - tells MS-DOS to display the current drive and directory

9

cache 64 /e - installs Disk Cache in memory

10

shadow - installs Shadow for cursor enhancement

11

rpal /i - installs RPAL, a color palette control program

12

bw - installs Battery Watch program

13

lm - loads Laptop Manager and displays its main menu

5-8 Application Programs

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