# Windows 95 GUI

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 23, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012 "2000-10-23T20:45:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012/1 "2000-10-23T20:45:19Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012/2 "2000-10-23T21:17:05Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012/3 "2000-10-23T21:17:57Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-95-gui/38012/4 "2000-10-24T05:14:30Z")

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