chankya Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Dear All1) Any body know how to run MSDOS application on winxp and how to boot winxp in dos prompt like one by which winme can boot in msdos mode.2) how to set number of files,buffer size in config.sys and let it execute it when boot with winxpthanks for reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefoxthebomb Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Install said program, then right click on the shortcut that starts the program and click on properties. then click on the Compatibility Tab and click on Compatibility mode and choose one, windows 95 or 98/ME would work probably. To boot windows in dos mode, Hit the F8 key before windows boots up and then choose windows in command prompt only. In windows XP you should not have to use the files and buffers, but if you do then just create a config.sys file in the root of windows and enter your settings there.Or you could right click on the my computer icon and then do properties and then click on the Advanced Tab and then click on Environment Variables and enter the info there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ge0ph Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 FYI, there is no DOS in an NT based OS, only DOS emulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbull Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I agree with firefoxthebomb.If it is a program that run in dos environment u need to edit (\windows\system32\config.nt) and make files=80and if u want to make it run in full screen, just make a bat file under this program to call it and addmode con cols=85 lines=25program_nameHope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitoCorleone Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Unfortunetly not all dos apps work on XP, despite using Compatibility TabGe0ph is right pressing F8 at startup doesn't give you DOS mode. It's a complitely different program wich looks similar but the commands are different..And as far as I know even if you wanted to run DOS from a floppy it wouldn't sea your NTFS partition (unless you have a FATXX of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ge0ph Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 For those rare times I really need DOS I just load a VMWare DOS session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 That's indeed the best.I've removed 16-bit support, use only NTFS, and eliminated 8dot3 file-name compatibility - so even if "Compatibility mode" is used, DOS apps won't run on my XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry91 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 USE DOSBOX ................ lol.. if its for games only, then I would not be able to help .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Use compatibility mode... Or Dosbox... Or Virtual PC/Vmware... If you need more professional solution (for enterprise), download ACT from Microsoft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitoCorleone Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I've removed 16-bit support, use only NTFS, and eliminated 8dot3 file-name compatibility - so even if "Compatibility mode" is used, DOS apps won't run on my XP.I was wondering if you could tell us where to change those options, because I assume that the system works faster?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 2Corleone: Try command fsutil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitoCorleone Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 thnx, but is there a simpler program (non-command line) beacause i can't see the features i'm looking for there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 ok, just copy and run this two commands:fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1I dont use GUI for settings like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Yup, faster by 10% once you disable the options I mentioned.And as for where to find a way to do the disabling, it is in the registry. Please see the registry tweaks in XP unattended forum for the necessary keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 could you point me to it or post a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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