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From: davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What files MUST be in the root directory?
Message-ID: <5190031@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Aug 89 19:29:09 GMT
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If you want your root directory to be empty, then you should note the comment
made earlier:

    Now go and hide your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

The two boot files are already hidden, so you do not see them.  You can
move COMMAND.COM out of the root directory, as many have suggested, but
you should not make it a hidden or read-only file because many programs
will stumble.  But it really handy to make the CONFIG and AUTOEXEC files
hidden, thus guarding against accidental deletion (which often seems most
likely to occur in a root directory), and inadvertent modification (as
one must remember to unhide the file before most editors will allow you
access to it or being able to save it).