MENU COMMANDS

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Supported DOS versions:	MS-DOS 6.0+
How easy to use?	Moderate
How safe to use?	Fairly safe
How common?	Less well known
Internal or external command?	Internal

Description

Various commands covering boot menus.

Command Syntax

To explain how the menu commands work, first of all a sample CONFIG.SYS will be shown. Comments in variable width (this current font) explain what is going on.

[MENU]
MENUITEM=Win, Windows 95
MENUITEM=DOS, MS-DOS
MENUITEM=DOSDIAG, Diagnostic MS-DOS Mode
MENUDEFAULT=Win, 1
MENUCOLOR=7, 1

[Common]
SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:1500
COUNTRY=044,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS

[DOSDIAG]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH, UMB, NOAUTO
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\BTCCDROM.SYS /D:CD1

[DOS]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH, UMB, NOAUTO
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\BTCCDROM.SYS /D:CD1
INCLUDE=Extras

[Win]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM ON
DOS=HIGH, UMB
INCLUDE=Extras

[Extras]

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