FM> Created testexec.exe and testexec.bat and no testexec.com.

 FM> TESTEXEC runs testexec.exe TESTEXEC.EXE runs testexec.exe
 FM> TESTEXEC.BAT runs testexec.bat TESTEXEC.COM "Bad command or
 FM> file name"

 FM> When did they change this????

  Isn't that what it always did... check COM first, then EXE, then BAT?

 BL> It was the idea I liked, not the execution. He should have
 BL> added "c:" and "cd\" lines as well, to return to the root
 BL> directory (or wherever), but it never occurred to me to replace
 BL> most of the PATH with batch files. That's the idea I liked.

 FM> Much easier just to put *everything* in the root directory I
 FM> would have thought. :-)

  There's a reason not to do that... it always checks the root. If
everything is in the root, it checks *everything* every time you give
it a command. 

Regards,
Bob
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