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Autoback TSR Creates Erroneous Path Statement

Article ID: 111460

Article Last Modified on 12/3/1999

Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q111460

SYMPTOMS

If you are using the Autoback program from Colorado Memory Systems, typing Path or Set at the MS-DOS command prompt yields the path statement "path=c:\dos" even if a path statement that lists several directories exists in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

CAUSE

If the Autoback tape backup scheduling terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program loads before other commands in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, those commands are not processed correctly. For example, if the Autoback TSR program loads before the PATH command, the PATH command is not processed.

RESOLUTION

To avoid having your path rewritten as c:\dos, load Autoback as the very last line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB111460