# A sample use of the winstart.bat file in Windows 95

DevFeed: [A sample use of the winstart.bat file in Windows 95](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-sample-use-of-the-winstart-bat-file-in-windows-95-21758.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260908-00/?p=112679>)

Author: Raymond Chen

Published: 2026-09-08T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Raymond Chen](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/raymond-chen.md>)

Topics: [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Batch file](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/batch-file.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [display](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display.md>), [driver](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/driver.md>), [drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drivers.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [multitasking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multitasking.md>), [old-new-thing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/old-new-thing.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains a sample use of winstart.bat in Windows 95: starting the TIGA Communications Driver so 16-bit Windows can use high-resolution graphics modes. It notes that MS-DOS programs could not use TIGA modes and that multitasking TIGA graphics across Windows and MS-DOS sessions was unsupported.

## Source excerpt

For a driver that needs high resolution mode only in Windows. The post A sample use of the <CODE>winstart.bat</CODE> file in Windows 95 appeared first on The Old New Thing.