DOCUMENT:Q102957  26-AUG-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :How to Turn Off Windows NT Interpretation of AUTOEXEC.BAT
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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In certain cases, it might be desirable to disable Windows NT's
interpretation of environment variables listed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. To do this, add the following statement in front of any listed
environment variables you want Windows NT to ignore:
 
   IF NOT "%OS"="WINDOWS_NT"
 
For example:
 
   IF NOT "OS"="WINDOWS_NT" SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
 
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: mdos

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