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Hi!My config.sys is empty can i delete it.
also could you give me a good link to learn about .sys files.
thanks, Shane

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by bwklatt

If your CONFIG.SYS file is 0 bytes, then YES you certainly can delete it without adverse affects... but if you install some DOS prog or some other app. that needs to have something loaded or defined in CONFIG.SYS then you'll need to have a CONFIG.SYS file. If your CONFIG.SYS is 0 bytes why bother to delete it?

.INI files are a hold-over from Win3.1 days. The registry is what most current Win apps use instead of creating .INI file entries.

What's with the useless URL's posted by soulrider&msn.com ?

by reeree

answer #2 is correct. In windows 98 you don't even need a config.sys or an autoexec.bat.

by jcjc00

Windows does not need the Config file but why would you want to delete it? You should keep it for backwards compatibility. If it aint broke don't fix it.

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