i would EQUALLY be greatful for some explanation on the function of the autoexec and config.sys and the importance of having these files.

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or reply to this post thanks.The CONFIG.SYS sets up your hardware components such as memory, keyboard, mouse and printer. It is read early in the boot process and configures plain vanilla DOS to your specific needs.

The AUTOEXEC.BAT sets up your software requirements and is a good place to start TSR programs, houskeeping routines and programs that need to run after every boot. This FILE is read after DOS is installed but before control is given to the user.

These files, while not REQUIRED, are used only on DOS and Win9x machines.

Hope this helps. Yes thank you. was al ittle baffeld about --> This file is read after DOS vanilla is installed but before control is given to the user.

didnt no what u ment by vanilla lol but worked it out thanks i was digging around in my game archives and found an old dos game i NEVER finished called Thunderscape, seemed to successfully install it, and it goes thru the intro and all, but when i hit the character or start game buttons, it crashes instantly back to windows ( i am running windows 98 se). The readme text says something about changing a line in the config.sys file. and the advice on this site says to do any config sys editing from win 98 by going thru start / run / sysedit which i did and found the config.sys file apparently ... but it is blank? so i tried to add the line the readme asked for, but it didn't change anytyhing. By the WAY, the line it wanted was

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EM386.EXE NOEMS

Any advice to this complete dos neophyte would be greatly appreciated, Thank you. Delete the line you inserted and insert these two lines.

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE /FRAME=NONE

Save the file and reboot.