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From: town@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Brian R. Town)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Changeable Config.sys File
Message-ID: <6030001@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
Date: 9 Jan 91 23:23:42 GMT
References: <8062@hub.ucsb.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
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>Does anyone know of a way to automatically change your
>config.sys file without having to edit it each time and
>reboot.  I want to be able to use different entries in my
>config.sys file when running certain programs and TSRs, and
>be able to remove these entries to regain RAM when they 
>are no longer needed.
>
>Thanks
>Markee Foster       9531fost@ucsbuxa.bitnet
>                    University of CA Santa Barbara

I have seen and heard of programs which allow you to reload different
configurations.  I personaly do this simply by using a batch file.  I have
a directory C:\REBOOT

with files in it named like this:
                                    WINDOWS.CNF
                                    WINDOWS.XEC
                                    NORMAL.CNF
                                    NORMAL.XEC
                                    etc. etc

Next, I have a batch file which takes one parameter (which is the desired
configuration to load.  I don't have it handy (as I am not at home), but
I think it looks like this:
                               COPY C:\REBOOT\%1.CNF C:\CONFIG.SYS
                               COPY C:\REBOOT\%1.XEC C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
                               C:\UTILS\REBOOT.COM

All you have to type is the name of this batch file (mine is reboot.bat)
followed by the configuration name.  Example:   REBOOT WINDOWS

Note:  The last line in the batch file runs a little program which performs
       the reboot, so that I don't have to do the ctrl-alt-del.

I hope this helps.

Brian Town