Problem in Dos mod in Mellium Edition

Hello!

While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
the solution for that problem?

Thank You
Robash

On 15 May 2007 23:08:11 -0700, wrote:

Hello!

While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
the solution for that problem?

Depending on how you got into DOS mode, the correct method may well be to type
"win".

Please describe to us, step by step, how you are getting into DOS Mode in Windows
ME. There is no "Restart in MS-DOS Mode" option in Windows ME, so either you are
opening a DOS box in Windows (the MS-DOS Command Prompt window), or you are
restarting in DOS Mode using an added-on facility.

Please note this is a Win98 group, and you will not get the best answers for Window
ME issues here....use a WinME group.
--
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http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


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Hello!

While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
the solution for that problem?

Thank You
Robash

wrote:
| Hello!
|
| While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
| try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
| hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
| the solution for that problem?
|
| Thank You
| Robash

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;151717
Can't EXIT MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=130448
Can't QUIT MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q138996
Description of Restarting Computer in MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=134400
General Tips for Using MS-DOS Mode

"Windows 98 Secrets" (Livingston/Straub), pgs 1068,1099, explains:

1. Direct Boot to DOS (Cold booted DOS)

a. Accessed through Boot Menu item, "Command Prompt Only".
b. Windows is not started.
c. Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are run, if present.
d. Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows. "WIN" loads Windows.

2. "Quit" to DOS (Re-started MS-DOS mode)

a. Accessed from "START, Shut Down, Re-start in MS-DOS mode", unless
"exit to DOS" pif was converted to "Warm Boot".
b. Accessed from any .pif whose "Properties, Program tab, Advanced
button" is checked "MS-DOS mode" but NOT bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS
configuration".
c. Is NOT a warm boot; Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are NOT re-run, but are
honored to the extent Windows has not mussed the environment they set.
d. Dosstart.bat is run, if present.
e. "EXIT" reloads Windows (from 4K stub), also without a boot.
Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows.

3. Warm Booted MS-DOS mode ("Re-boot" to DOS)

a. Accessed from a "Warm Boot" .pif that IS BOTH checked "MS-DOS mode"
AND bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration", in it's Properties,
Program tab, Advanced button.
b. Accessed from START button, if you've altered "exit to dos", as
described.
c. Does a warm boot, using Config.sys and Autoexec.bat as configured in
the pif. (The system files are renamed *.wos & the pif files are
extracted for the session.)
d. Dosstart.bat is NOT run.
e. "EXIT" restores the system Config.sys & Autoexec.bat & warm boots to
Windows. (Ctrl-Alt-Del & "WIN" should NOT be used.)

If you don't want to modify the "exit to dos" pif so that it does a warm
boot, then create a pif this way:

1. "START, Find, Command.com". (Probably in C:\ & C:\Windows).
2. "R-Clk either, Send to, Desktop (create shortcut)". It will be named
"MS-DOS Prompt".
3. R-Clk "MS-DOS Prompt" on the Desktop, & select Properties.
4. Click the Program tab & then the Advanced button.
5. Mark the MS-DOS Mode check box. Mark "Warn before entering..." as
desired.
6. For a "Warm Boot to DOS" pif, mark the "Specify a New MS-DOS
Configuration" button. If you do not do that, you will have a "Quit to
DOS" pif.
7. OK you're way out.

When you click that pif, you will either "warm boot" or "quit to DOS",
depending on what you did in step 6. If it's a warm boot, then the
Config.sys & Autoexec.bat inside the pif are the ones that will be in
effect in your DOS session. Alter them inside the pif as desired, before
clicking it.

Cquirke's WARNING: Because of system/.pif file switching, give a Warm
Boot .pif a chance to execute after clicking. If you click it a second
time before getting to DOS, you may lose your system Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat files.

http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/doscompat.htm
There are even more DOS mentioned there.

"Select MS-DOS mode on this page", said Leboeuf.
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/winmode.htm

Instructions below are not for Windows ME. OP is inquiring about ME, not 98.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"PCR" wrote in message
...
wrote:
| Hello!
|
| While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
| try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
| hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
| the solution for that problem?
|
| Thank You
| Robash

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;151717
Can't EXIT MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=130448
Can't QUIT MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q138996
Description of Restarting Computer in MS-DOS Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=134400
General Tips for Using MS-DOS Mode

"Windows 98 Secrets" (Livingston/Straub), pgs 1068,1099, explains:

1. Direct Boot to DOS (Cold booted DOS)

a. Accessed through Boot Menu item, "Command Prompt Only".
b. Windows is not started.
c. Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are run, if present.
d. Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows. "WIN" loads Windows.

2. "Quit" to DOS (Re-started MS-DOS mode)

a. Accessed from "START, Shut Down, Re-start in MS-DOS mode", unless
"exit to DOS" pif was converted to "Warm Boot".
b. Accessed from any .pif whose "Properties, Program tab, Advanced
button" is checked "MS-DOS mode" but NOT bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS
configuration".
c. Is NOT a warm boot; Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are NOT re-run, but are
honored to the extent Windows has not mussed the environment they set.
d. Dosstart.bat is run, if present.
e. "EXIT" reloads Windows (from 4K stub), also without a boot.
Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows.

3. Warm Booted MS-DOS mode ("Re-boot" to DOS)

a. Accessed from a "Warm Boot" .pif that IS BOTH checked "MS-DOS mode"
AND bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration", in it's Properties,
Program tab, Advanced button.
b. Accessed from START button, if you've altered "exit to dos", as
described.
c. Does a warm boot, using Config.sys and Autoexec.bat as configured in
the pif. (The system files are renamed *.wos & the pif files are
extracted for the session.)
d. Dosstart.bat is NOT run.
e. "EXIT" restores the system Config.sys & Autoexec.bat & warm boots to
Windows. (Ctrl-Alt-Del & "WIN" should NOT be used.)

If you don't want to modify the "exit to dos" pif so that it does a warm
boot, then create a pif this way:

1. "START, Find, Command.com". (Probably in C:\ & C:\Windows).
2. "R-Clk either, Send to, Desktop (create shortcut)". It will be named
"MS-DOS Prompt".
3. R-Clk "MS-DOS Prompt" on the Desktop, & select Properties.
4. Click the Program tab & then the Advanced button.
5. Mark the MS-DOS Mode check box. Mark "Warn before entering..." as
desired.
6. For a "Warm Boot to DOS" pif, mark the "Specify a New MS-DOS
Configuration" button. If you do not do that, you will have a "Quit to
DOS" pif.
7. OK you're way out.

When you click that pif, you will either "warm boot" or "quit to DOS",
depending on what you did in step 6. If it's a warm boot, then the
Config.sys & Autoexec.bat inside the pif are the ones that will be in
effect in your DOS session. Alter them inside the pif as desired, before
clicking it.

Cquirke's WARNING: Because of system/.pif file switching, give a Warm
Boot .pif a chance to execute after clicking. If you click it a second
time before getting to DOS, you may lose your system Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat files.

http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/doscompat.htm
There are even more DOS mentioned there.

"Select MS-DOS mode on this page", said Leboeuf.
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/winmode.htm

wrote:
Hello!

While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but, if I
try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my computer gets
hang up. And every time I have to restart the computer. Should I get
the solution for that problem?

Thank You
Robash

Even though I run 98SE I hang out a lot in this group, very friendly group.

microsoft.public.windowsme.general

Better suited for your inquiry.

HTH

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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Instructions below are not for Windows ME. OP is inquiring about ME, not 98.

Please remember what is "below" on your reader may be "above" on other's
screens. I KNOW preferences vary, but to some people latest message on
top makes no more sense than top posting.

In the message I sent, PCR's included content was *below* what I wrote. It's
that simple. It won't look any different on anyone else's newsreader. I know
you are thinking about other messages above or below in the list of
messages, but that wasn't my intent. Read my message as a stand-alone,
outside any newsreader context.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"RobertVA" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Instructions below are not for Windows ME. OP is inquiring about ME, not
98.

Please remember what is "below" on your reader may be "above" on other's
screens. I KNOW preferences vary, but to some people latest message on top
makes no more sense than top posting.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| Instructions below are not for Windows ME. OP is inquiring about ME,
| not 98.

Oops. You are correct. I should have read between the letters. Sorry for
causing confusion. It could well be cquirke will mention Millennium at
his site, though. I know nothing of it, having never connected the WD
100 10 GB hard drive pulled from a Millennium computer some poor soul
tossed into the street about two years ago! They should have come with
better DOS!

| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
| www.grystmill.com
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| wrote:
| | Hello!
| |
| | While working with DOS mod in Windows Mellium, it works fine but,
| | if I try to EXIT from Dos mode by typing "exit" command, my
| | computer gets hang up. And every time I have to restart the
| | computer. Should I get the solution for that problem?
| |
| | Thank You
| | Robash
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;151717
| Can't EXIT MS-DOS Mode
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=130448
| Can't QUIT MS-DOS Mode
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q138996
| Description of Restarting Computer in MS-DOS Mode
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=134400
| General Tips for Using MS-DOS Mode
|
| "Windows 98 Secrets" (Livingston/Straub), pgs 1068,1099, explains:
|
| 1. Direct Boot to DOS (Cold booted DOS)
|
| a. Accessed through Boot Menu item, "Command Prompt Only".
| b. Windows is not started.
| c. Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are run, if present.
| d. Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows. "WIN" loads Windows.
|
| 2. "Quit" to DOS (Re-started MS-DOS mode)
|
| a. Accessed from "START, Shut Down, Re-start in MS-DOS mode", unless
| "exit to DOS" pif was converted to "Warm Boot".
| b. Accessed from any .pif whose "Properties, Program tab, Advanced
| button" is checked "MS-DOS mode" but NOT bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS
| configuration".
| c. Is NOT a warm boot; Config.sys & Autoexec.bat are NOT re-run, but
| are honored to the extent Windows has not mussed the environment
| they set. d. Dosstart.bat is run, if present.
| e. "EXIT" reloads Windows (from 4K stub), also without a boot.
| Ctrl-Alt-Del boots Windows.
|
| 3. Warm Booted MS-DOS mode ("Re-boot" to DOS)
|
| a. Accessed from a "Warm Boot" .pif that IS BOTH checked "MS-DOS
| mode" AND bolted "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration", in it's
| Properties, Program tab, Advanced button.
| b. Accessed from START button, if you've altered "exit to dos", as
| described.
| c. Does a warm boot, using Config.sys and Autoexec.bat as configured
| in the pif. (The system files are renamed *.wos & the pif files are
| extracted for the session.)
| d. Dosstart.bat is NOT run.
| e. "EXIT" restores the system Config.sys & Autoexec.bat & warm boots
| to Windows. (Ctrl-Alt-Del & "WIN" should NOT be used.)
|
| If you don't want to modify the "exit to dos" pif so that it does a
| warm boot, then create a pif this way:
|
| 1. "START, Find, Command.com". (Probably in C:\ & C:\Windows).
| 2. "R-Clk either, Send to, Desktop (create shortcut)". It will be
| named "MS-DOS Prompt".
| 3. R-Clk "MS-DOS Prompt" on the Desktop, & select Properties.
| 4. Click the Program tab & then the Advanced button.
| 5. Mark the MS-DOS Mode check box. Mark "Warn before entering..." as
| desired.
| 6. For a "Warm Boot to DOS" pif, mark the "Specify a New MS-DOS
| Configuration" button. If you do not do that, you will have a "Quit
| to DOS" pif.
| 7. OK you're way out.
|
| When you click that pif, you will either "warm boot" or "quit to
| DOS", depending on what you did in step 6. If it's a warm boot, then
| the Config.sys & Autoexec.bat inside the pif are the ones that will
| be in effect in your DOS session. Alter them inside the pif as
| desired, before clicking it.
|
| Cquirke's WARNING: Because of system/.pif file switching, give a Warm
| Boot .pif a chance to execute after clicking. If you click it a
| second time before getting to DOS, you may lose your system
| Config.sys & Autoexec.bat files.
|
| http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/doscompat.htm
| There are even more DOS mentioned there.
|
| "Select MS-DOS mode on this page", said Leboeuf.
| http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/winmode.htm

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