[comp.os.msdos.programmer] pause in autoexec file

ahegde@mipos2.intel.com (10/13/90)

> From: Thomson_PW@cc.curtin.edu.au
> Subject: Autoexec.bat prob: take two

> I have set up my computer to load straight up into Windows 3
> from my autoexec.bat file. However somtimes I just want to load
> xtree to do some copying/moving. 

> I saw once a programme which was called from the autoexec.bat file 
> which loaded for a few seconds then finished and let the batch file
> continue on. This was to give the user time enough to do a <ctrl> c
> to stop the batch file.

> Has anyone seen a programme similar to this ?


If i understand your question correctly, can't you do this with a 
PAUSE statement in your autoexec.bat just before invoking windows ?

anoop hegde		ahegde@mipos2.intel.com