Windows 95 GUI

My buddy has Windows 95 and it’s been screwed up a bit.
Specifically, it will not load into windows on its own anymore. Instead, it goes to a DOS prompt, and he must type “win” to load windows from there.

I cannot remember what file tells the system to load windows when you first start up.
Does anyone out there know how to make it load again?

Add a line at the bottom of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file that read simply: win

The AUTOEXEC.BAT file can be found in the root directory of the harddrive: C:\

If that doesn’t work, I’m not sure what will.

Make the last line of the Autoexec.bat file read

WIN

Or, open the c:\msdos.sys file in a text editor like notepad.

there is a line that currently reads

BOOTGUI=0

Change the 0 to a 1 and save the file. Reboot and you are in business.

Actually, I hate Macs. I just couldn’t let a Windows question go by without at least one pro-Apple jibe.