i need a .bat file that exits win98

You can't do that in a .bat file
The @exit only leaves the batch file you are in.
Ther only way to do that is to have a program in your batch file that shutsdown windows.

this probably isn't much of a help, but if you run something like "rundll32.exe /shutdown" or something like this, I believe that will do the trick.  I am not sure exactly what the parameter is though.

Actually, that isn't how you do it, but I do think that it is possible, sorry I couldn't help.

Put The EXIT command at the end of the Bat file and the save the file.  Right Click on the file and select properties and click on the program tab.  Check the box that says Close on Exit.  It will close after running the bat file.

Good Luck

Using a text editor (such as Notepad), type the following by itself:
@EXIT
Save the file somewhere on your hard disk - call it whatever you like, as long as it has the extension .bat.
Make a shortcut to the batch file, and place it on your desktop (or wherever you want).
Right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, click the Program tab, and make sure the Close on Exit option is turned on.
Then, click Advanced, and make sure MS-DOS mode is selected, and Warn before entering MS-DOS mode is turned off.
Click Ok twice, and double-click on the icon to use it.

sorry but it did not work!