DOCUMENT:Q66047  17-DEC-2000  [msdos]
TITLE   :How to Remove QBasic and EDIT from MS-DOS 5.0 and Later
PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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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" (without the quotation marks) and "edit.com" (without the quotation
   marks)


Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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