24th September 1999

DOS isn't dead... yet. You may find yourself having to drop to a command prompt every once in a while (completely outside of the Windows environment). The easiest way to do this is by selecting the 'Restart in MS-DOS mode' option in the Shut Down menu. If you'd like certain programs to run automatically when the command prompt pops up, you'll need to edit the DOSSTART.BAT file in your Windows folder. Consider it the AUTOEXEC.BAT for restarting in 'DOS' mode. If you need to configure other environmental variables, find the 'Exit To Dos.pif' file in your Windows folder and pull up it's properties (by right-clicking on it). On the 'Program' tab, select the Advanced button. Then, you'll be able to 'Specify a new MS-DOS configuration.'