What kind of files are config.lnk and autoexec.lnk?

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

I installed dosemu 1.4.0.0 on my wife's new Kubuntu computer.

In ~/.dosemu/drive_c there is an autoexec.lnk and config.lnk file in 
addition to the standard autoexec.bat and config.sys.  The .lnk files 
are in /etc/dosemu/freedos/ as config.sys and autoexec.bat.

Apparently dosemu treats these files like Linux soft links and executes 
them in preference to my own config.sys and autoexec.bat.

I need to load my config.sys and autoexec.bat settings.
What is the right way to do this?

Will dosemu even recognize config.sys and autoexec.bat if the .lnk files 
are not present?

In my own instance of Kubuntu I simply did a copy and paste of the text 
from  the .lnk files into config.sys and autoexec.bat and everything 
works find.  The identical files do not work in my wife's case.

So I'm stymied and the spousal unit is peeved.

Larry Alkoff