How can I load ANSI.SYS in Windows ME?

[IsOs]

I tried modifying config.sys by creating a line
device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys

However, after I reboot, Windows ME will rename config.sys to config.bak. What's the best way to load this DOS device?


Thanks

 

[ctll]

don't

 

[IsOs]

Please elaborate, why not. If I don't load ansi.sys, the DOS program that the client want to use does not display properly since the program uses a lot of ESC sequence in formatting the screen.

 

[Varmot]

You will have to make a DOS boot disk with ansi.sys copied on it and a config.sys file that loads it. Then run your program from DOS. I haven't used ansi.sys since BBS days.

Here is a link for boot disks Boot Disk

Good Luck

 

[ctll]

i tried it once... haha

windows has native support for that, and it bothers it...

boot from a dos disk if that's what you just have to do....

tell the client to buy a new program....

are you trying to run it in a window?

 

[IsOs]

The DOS program was being run in a window under Windows 95. This program relies on the ESC sequence value to format the screen. I can't understand MS, why would they include ANSI.SYS in the COMMAND subdirectory of Windows ME if they will not allow the use of it while in Windows ME.

 

[BudB]

I have just your problem but worse. Win2000 doesn't even have an ANSI.SYS.
Fortunately I have an old program named ANSI.COM which, when executed, does the same thing. Now all my dos prompts are of the form C> with the day, date, time and directtory displayed on the top of the screen in reverse video. Makes it much easier to type and visualize command line entries when done this way. The top of my DOS screen is in reverse video and looks like this:

Fri 10/06/2000 11:20 E:\Program Files\Adapter

Prompt would be like this for the above:

E>

I've done it this way since 1983 and like it. I bet there is a way of doing this in ME but since I don't use ME I don't know how.