A85: RE: DOS Shell in Win95

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Subject: A85: RE: DOS Shell in Win95
From: Daniel Graham <s1274061@uottawa.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:38:01 -0600
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IN>Ah, yes... Good old DOS!
IN>Does anyone by any chance know how to use the DOS prompt as the
default
IN>shell in Win95?

IN>Marco Radzinschi
IN>marco10@juno.com

Method 1)

    Edit your C:\MSDOS.SYS file (it's usually a hidden file) and add the
line:

    BOOTGUI=0

    This stops the win95 GUI from loading at all.  But you can't run any
GUI based programs.

Method 2)

    Edit your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI file and replace the line

    SHELL=EXPLORER.EXE

    With

    SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM

    This way the GUI still loads but then your dumped into a dos
prompt.  Useing this method any Windows based
programs  will still run.  You can still multitask as well.  You can
start additional DOS windows by typing "START" before
the command.  ie. START C:\COMMAND.COM

Method 3)

    Create a PIF (aka shortcut) to your c:\command.com file in the
STARTUP menu.,
This has the same effect as method 2 except the windows explorer still
loads
and technically your not replaceing the default shell.

There are other ways of doing it as well but I like method 2 personally.

L8r,
Daniel

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