Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!whuts!wsd
From: wsd@whuts.UUCP (DINSMORE)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: BEWARE of changing the command line switch (switchar)
Keywords: switchar COMMAND.COM
Message-ID: <4903@whuts.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 88 12:37:11 GMT
References: <824@kksys.UUCP> <170@ocsmd.OCS.COM>
Reply-To: wsd@whuts.UUCP (54299-DINSMORE,W.S.)
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ
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In article <170@ocsmd.OCS.COM> bell@ocsmd.OCS.COM (John T. Bell) writes:
>In article <824@kksys.UUCP> bird@kksys.UUCP (Mike Bird) writes:
>>
>>BEWARE: When you change the command line switch on COMMAND.COM, there are
>>quite a few products that no longer will work.
>
  I have found that using a menu system with the MKS toolkit works very well.
I currently use setup 4 which invokes login. When I need to run programs
that use hard-coded info I invoke a DOS shell via login with the command to
run the menu(ie: command -c menu). This allows for all the individual
setups required for a particular application. 
  For example, I use the Galaxy word processor with the Turbo Lightning 
spell checker. By way of the menu the spell checker is installed, then 
Galaxy is invoked, and then I do my work. When I exit though, the spell 
checker is uninstalled and I am back in the menu, ready for another application.
When I finally exit the menu system, I go directly to login again.
  This menuing scheme also worked quite well under DOS only shells as well
(ie: no MKS toolkit). The menu system I currently use is AUTOMENU. 
The moral here is: If you have to do something special to get an application 
to work, let the menu handle it so you don't have to remember complicated 
sequences.
  By the way, the MKS toolkit will allow the use of either '\' or '/'
in a path. I always use '\' because DOS shells can now be properly
initialized.		Good luck on customizing your PC!

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