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81090	2002-09-19 17:42:00	I just discovered a deleted file in my Norton protected recycle bin, it's Autoexec.bat. It is 0.45KB, and was deleted by MSGSRV32. Should I be worried? Vince	Vince (406)
81091	2002-09-19 21:55:00	What OS are you running Vince? Have you installed anything recently? Because if you've installed something that modifies the Autoexec.bat it may have just deleted it and created a new one, which should be fine. If you're running Windows XP, then you don't need an autoexec.bat anyway. Mike.	Mike (15)
81092	2002-09-20 04:40:00	> What OS are you running Vince ? Have you installed > anything recently? Because if you've installed > something that modifies the Autoexec.bat it may have > just deleted it and created a new one, which > should be fine. > Mike. Silly me. I didn't think to mention 'I'm using Win98' until after I had posted the Question. Yes I have installed new software. Would someone really delete Autoexec.bat like that, without permission? Just a little humorous naivety there. I've Installed a lot of software over the years and never seen anything like this before. What exactly is MSGSRV32 anyway? Vince	Vince (406)
81093	2002-09-20 04:49:00	Vince, Are you sure that Autoexec.bat has been deleted, and not just replaced (with the old version now in the recycle bin)? Anyway, you probably don't need the autoexec.bat anyway, if you're running Win 9x or later you don't usually need it (unless you're running DOS programs that specifically need something loaded from it). Mike.	Mike (15)
81094	2002-09-20 04:53:00	If you're in doze and everything is working fine, It shouldn't matter too much. you can have a look at what it is now by editing it in notepad, and if you want, you could try restoring the old one (Backup the current one to you desktop or something) and look at the contents of that also. Generally, unless you've got some DOS driver for your sound-card/cd-rom, it should be empty. Mine always has been ever since win 95. That file you mentioned - MSGSRV32, is "The Windows 32-bit Message Server. This essential program normally never appears in the Task List unless it has "hung"; it otherwise runs invisibly in the background performing a variety of essential services, a significant majority of which being to do with on-screen messages and notifications." Normally Antivirus software will re-create the autoexec.bat file to suit its own purposes, but would rename the older one to something such as autoexec.nav Hope that helps Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
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