Autoexec.nt not used by Win2000

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Running Win 2000 prof.
When I open a DOS window it is set up to code page = 437 (or thereabout)
which makes my keboard behave very amusing - and unusable.
The command chcp 850 changes the code page to 850 (international) and my
keboard's reactions are again sound and useful.

My next step was to add the conmmand chcp 850 to the file
C:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt
but it didn't change anything, DOS-windows still open with tha unusable code
page.
Actually I can add anything to that autoexec file - even høbsbøbberjøbs -
there is no reaction whatsoever. It seems to proove that the file is not read
at all.

What's happening?

Yes - It is the right version of the autoexec.nt file - i have no other on
the machine.

Steen Thomsen
Danmark
 
Change it in registry instead?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage
 
Steen said:
Running Win 2000 prof.
When I open a DOS window it is set up to code page = 437 (or thereabout)
which makes my keboard behave very amusing - and unusable.
The command chcp 850 changes the code page to 850 (international) and my
keboard's reactions are again sound and useful.

My next step was to add the conmmand chcp 850 to the file
C:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt
but it didn't change anything,
Click to expand...

The autoexec.nt is for the DOS emulation only (command.com), not
for the Win32 console (cmd.exe). If you want to start the console
with a differenct codepage, then
cmd /k chcp 850
should work.


Uwe
 
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