How to Remove QBasic and EDIT from MS-DOS 5.0 and Later (66047)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q66047

SUMMARY

If you do not plan to use either QBasic or EDIT, which are provided with MS-DOS versions 5.0 and later, you can delete the following files:

QBASIC.EXE
QBASIC.HLP
EDIT.COM
EDIT.HLP
All files with a .BAS extension

If you plan to use EDIT but not QBasic, delete all the files with a .BAS extension and QBASIC.HLP. Do not delete QBASIC.EXE; EDIT.COM actually invokes QBASIC.EXE and cannot run without it.

For more information on this subject, query on the following words:

qbasic and edit.com

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/10/2003
Keywords:KB66047
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