What did I do? (and can I undo it?) (W98)

[glomedia]

New Windows 98 owner here.

I was in C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND, right-clicking on some of the files there, then choosing "Properties" to gather info. about them.

When I did that on a file called Mem.exe, it created a shortcut in the directory (the original is still there though).

The shortcut is called "Mem." It has a colorful MS-DOS icon with a little arrow. Its Properties window says that it is a "Shortcut to MS-DOS Program." Its creation date is today, and its size is 967 bytes (32,768 bytes used).

I honestly did not choose "Create Shortcut." It did this on its own. (I even repeated my steps to confirm this). None of the other files did this when I viewed their properties - just this one.

Can I safely delete this shortcut?

[Andy-S]

Yes. Go ahead and delete it.

Cheers
Andy

[BertImmenschuh]

Sure, you can delete it. It's just a shortcut to the actual file as noted by the little white box with the arrow and sometimes the words "Shortcut to". The file should be run when booted to DOS only, not from within Windows, it gives what is using memory as loaded by config.sys and autoexec.bat. Most of the files in C:\Windows\Command are DOS/command prompt support files, not really needed in Windows, but don't delete them unless you know for sure you don't/will never need them. The Command folder only takes up about 4MB or a little less.

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