Hello Claus!
Quoting Claus's message:
 RB>> Well, no matter what I do and what I try, I cannot get 4DOS to call
 RB>> (load) directly 4DOSEXEC.BAT - for some unknown reasons, 4DOS always
 RB>> call (load) AUTOEXEC.BAT first.
 RB>>
 RB>> Why? What am I doing wrong?
 CM> What if you haven't specified the right path to your 4dos.ini in the
 CM> shell statement?
Sorry, but I am not that dumb!
The 4DOS.INI file and/or the SHELL statement in CONFIG.SYS would be the first 
place that I would check for wrong path statement and/or wrong filename...
I even tried placing the filename (as well as complete path) in both 4DOS.INI 
and in CONFIG.SYS without success:
    In 4DOS.INI:
        AutoExecPath = C:\4DOSEXEC.BTM
    In CONFIG.SYS
        SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM C:\4DOS @C:\4DOS\4DOS.INI /PC:\4DOSEXEC.BTM
The next time, please read the previous messages before you decide to give 
such stupid advice...
Sincerely, Raymond Beriau.
           Co-Moderator 4DOS
INFODATA Communications [+1 514 432 8467]
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