There was a 'Compile' option in the File menu. You might be thinking of QBASIC (which came bundled with DOS), which wasn't the same as QuickBASIC (a commercial

There was a 'Compile' option in the File menu. You might be thinking of QBASIC (which came bundled with DOS), which wasn't the same as QuickBASIC (a commercial program). When a friend first gave me a floppy with QB45 on it and I discovered I could now compile my QBASIC programs it was indeed a magical day.