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OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-08-13 03:24:12)
The little-known winstart.bat batch file

Raymond Chen explains what, exactly, the file winstart.bat in Windows 95 is used for.

In Windows 95, you could create a winstart.bat file in your Windows directory. During startup, the virtual machine manager initializes and creates the so-called “System virtual machine” (the “System VM”), which is the virtual machine that all Windows programs run in.

https://www.osnews.com/story/145744/the-little-known-winstart-bat-batch-file/

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