[arachne] Re: Crash back to DOS *1*

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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:57:46 +0000 GMT, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

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>>> There is no need to "crash" Windows back to DOS, because if you shut it
>>> down, you already will be in DOS. At least this works with Win95/98.

>>> Simply rename win.com to w.com and call it from a batch file win.bat
>>> that also contains the command MODE CO80,25. After Windows terminates,
>>> it leaves its shutdown message on screen, but you are really at the
>>> DOS prompt at that moment. The MODE command will restore the text mode
>>> so you can see again what you type. :-)

>> I have done that and it works, but...
>> This leaves the renamed win.com in memory and adds a "command" (8KB) to
>> the memory each time you crash back to DOS :-((

>> Bastiaan

> Hi Bastiaan,

> I just checked it again on my test machine; I have the same amount of
> free conventional mem before and after running Windows, so it works
> here with Win98SE. Do you load any TSR programs or device drivers after
> starting Windows that might keep it from exiting properly?

Not that I know of... I just started Win and quited right after the
desktop showed up. It was just for testing.
I used Win98SE.

Regards, Bastiaan

BTW: I'll try Ray's method of crashing back to DOS next.

> Regards,

> Udo

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