Jerry,

The following is an AUTOEXEC.BAT file for DOS 6.0 and above that may
solve your problem with the laptops being used in different locations.
The key line is  "win : c:/trumpnic/tcpman.exe"     which will be executed
after windows starts.   (insert your program here)


cls
echo;
echo;
echo Press 1 for Normal Windows + Tcpman
echo Press 2 for FTP inc. PC-TCP stuff
echo Press 3 for DOS prompt
echo;

choice /c:123 /n Your Choice?
if errorlevel 3 goto doss
if errorlevel 2 goto ftpinc
if errorlevel 1 goto norwin
goto doss

:norwin
echo Now Loading Windows and Tcpman
win : c:/trumpnic/tcpman.exe
goto end1

:ftpinc
echo Now loading FTP, Inc. stuff and windows
call ftpinc.bat
win
goto end1

:end1
ver
echo;
echo Press 1 for CHKDSK
echo Press 2 for DOS prompt
echo;

choice /c:12 /n Your Choice?
if errorlevel 2 goto doss
chkdsk

:doss
ver
c:


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