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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:32:46 -0700
From: bowman <bowman AT montana DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: instaling DJPP
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Stan Olejarz wrote:
> 
> Autoexec .bat will not allow me to type in these lines you sent me.I am
> very new to this so it may take a while for me to figure things out.Your
> help is appreciated.How do I set autoexec.bat to allow me to enter this
> code?

from the DOS prompt, type

attrib -r autoexec.bat  [enter]

I think that might be your problem, though autoexec.bat generally isn't
write protected. You are opening the file with some sort of editor, and
then trying to save it?