Interactive Boot Displays AUTOEXEC.BAT Messages Twice (103546)

The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q103546
You can use the /Y parameter with MS-DOS 6.2 COMMAND.COM to interactively process any batch file. (The /Y parameter is ON by default for AUTOEXEC.BAT when performing an interactive boot). The following list includes some of the behaviors that using the /Y parameter produces:
    If you have ECHO ON, each line is displayed twice. To avoid this, add ECHO OFF as the first line of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and press Y when you are prompted to process that line.
    When a batch file line is displayed for prompting, replaceable parameters (%1, %2, and so forth) and environment variables are already replaced with their values. This can be useful for debugging batch files.
    You can easily prompt for user input without using the CHOICE command. For example, if a batch file includes "command /y /c scandisk /all," you are prompted with "scandisk /all (Y/N)?"

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/18/2001
Keywords: KB103546