Does Win11 still supports autoexec.bat ?


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Hi all,

Does Win11 still supports autoexec.bat ?

Can I simply drop the file in the root directory of the boot drive ?

Thanks
 
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No, autoexec.bat and config.sys have not been used since Win 98 - not sure if it was the last one.
After that it became a full blown NT like OS (32 bit)
If you want to set path or system variables, you do that by running SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe
then Advanced/Environment Variables.
If you want to start things at login, you go to Settings/Apps/Startup.
 

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GeneralLee01 said:
Hi all,

Does Win11 still supports autoexec.bat ?

Can I simply drop the file in the root directory of the boot drive ?

Thanks
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Not really - you can put one in root directory and use Task Scheduler to execute it on boot up.

What are you trying to do?
 

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> What are you trying to do?

Run a bat file that copies some files from a HD directory to HD onedrive directory at startup
 

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just tried dropping the autoexec file in to the directory - C:\Users\........\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

Now gonna test
 

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Test worked perfectly. So only difference from DOS is that one needs to drop the file in a different directory !
 

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GeneralLee01 said:
Test worked perfectly. So only difference from DOS is that one needs to drop the file in a different directory !
Click to expand...
Not quite - it doesn't have to be named autoexec, nor are you limited to just the one .bat file. Anything you put in that Startup folder will run at sign in.
 

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Hey, I am lazy, no need to rename the file :-)

In DOS it was possible to start up multiple batch files ones as well

(y)
 

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