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Go to Start, Run and enter Sysedit. This will open autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, system.ini and others and allow you to edit any of them. Alternatively, open My Computer or Explorer, locate the Autoexec.bat (it will be in the root, usually C:) right click on its icon Edit. The first technique will work only for the specific files Sysedit works with, while the second will work for any ASCII (text) file, which "bat" files are.
More generally, if you don't know where the file you want to edit is located, right click on Start, select Find, then enter the filename. Click on Browse, and double click on the drive you think it's on, then OK then Find Now. Once located, just right click on the filename in the Find window and select Edit. Note: most systems use Notepad as the editor, and it is limited to files 64K or less in size.
Nope, but to be safe, I always make a copy of Win.ini (or any critical
file) before editing. I usually call it winini.old. Then if
something goes wrong, you can easily restore the original. I do this
for all crutial files and have, on occasion
been glad I did.
There are several things that could cause this. Try the following:
[1] Search for and remove any entries in the "Documents"
Menu that refer to the A:xxx.
[2] Remove all entries for "RunMRU" in the registry.
[3] Check all items on the Desktop for Shortcuts (lnk's)
or Program Information Files (PIF's) which refer to A:\xxxx.
[4] Check all items in the StartUp group for reference
to A:\xxx.
[5] Check both "load=" and "run=" entries in WIN.INI
Also, most virus scanners have default settings which scan floppy drives on start up, reboot, and shutdown. Go into the scanner's properties and turn this off. But remember, you lose automatic scanning of floppies this way. I never saw the point in the shutdown scan, but the startup makes sense, and a floppy left in at shutdown could well be there at the next startup, so I guess that might be why. I manually scan any disks from ANY source, even "shrink wrapped" ones. They are not immune, since some retailers re-package and re-shrink wrap returned software.
After posting the above, I came across the following. With no name attached, I cannot credit whoever suggested this, and have not used the program suggested. I include it here because it may be helpful to someone.
One of the most common causes of excessive floppy drive queries is a PIF shortcut pointing to the floppy drive. A PIF shortcut is one that points to a DOS program while an LNK shortcut points to a Windows program. PIFfer, which will automatically find such shortcuts. You can get it from: http://tvland.maxinet.com/relling/rae-fdb1.htm
When you say "task list", I assume you really mean "taskbar", as Systray is located on the right hand side of taskbar. If there is no program installing in Systray, one is not created. Try one of these: Right click on taskbar and select Properties, Show Clock or Go to Control Panel, Multimedia, and make sure the check box for "Show volume control on the taskbar" is checked. This will cause Win95 to place the speaker icon in the Systray, thereby creating Systray as you desire. I've not run into this problem personally, but these seemed to me like logical things to try. Let me know how you make out.
You don't say what version of WinZip you're using, but the most recent version, 6.3 makes this simple, so if you have an earlier version, you might want to get the most recent one from: http://www.winzip.com/winzip/download.htm
Right click on the folder you want to back up and select Add to
Zip option. When the dialog box pops up, set the destination to whatever
letter your Zip Drive is designated as. WinZip will suggest an archive
name that matches the name of the folder you're zipping. Click on
any other options you want, then on Ok, and the folder will be compressed,
and saved on your Zip Drive. (To make sure you get them, if your
folder has hidden files in it, be sure to check the "Include System and
Hidden Files" box.) I store all the files I need to backup in a folder
called MyDocs, so I use WinZip to zip that folder and I'm set. FWIW,
I usually zip it to the hard drive, then copy it to my Zip drive, since
that seems to go faster for some reason. [ymmv]
P.S. Using an earlier versions of WinZip is certainly possible,
but less "user friendly". If I remember correctly, just open WinZip,
select New, then fill in the resulting dialog boxes requesting a name and
destination for the archive, then select the folder you want to back up.
I believe the default is for all files (*.*), so you should be set.
I don't remember how
earlier versions of WinZip handled hidden files, so look for a check
box as above, or go to My Computer, View, Options, View tab, and select
Show all Files before starting up WinZip.
Open My Computer
Double Click on the floppy icon (usually A)
Select the file or folders you wish to copy by
pointing to and left clicking on each as you hold down the control (Ctrl)
key, or to select all, press Ctrl-A (that's the control key and the A key
at the same time).
Press Ctrl-C to copy (or Ctrl-X to cut/move)
the files you selected.
Double click on the C drive icon in My Computer.
Click on the folder where you want the files
to be copied to. (If it's a sub folder, just keep clicking on the
subs until you get the one you want open).
Once you have the copy/move to folder open, press
Ctrl-V to paste the files in.
Voilá, all done.
