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Changing Windows 3.11 settings from DOS?

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First post, by ananananas

Posted on 2020-12-05, 15:16

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I didn't quite realize Windows 3.11 "operating system" would be this unstable: change anything, and it will stop working.

So, is there a way to modify settings from within the DOS? I know C:\Windows\Setup.exe and Autoexec.bat but is there anything else? Or a DOS tool or something?

Reply 1 of 4, by Bondi

Posted on 2020-12-05, 15:39

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And what is that you want to change? Usually it's, as you wrote, setup.exe, config.sys and autoexec.bat

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Reply 2 of 4, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2020-12-05, 16:05

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you can always edit system.ini and win.ini too

Reply 3 of 4, by Jo22

Posted on 2020-12-05, 16:06

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Also win.ini and system.ini.
Registry also exists, but is rarely needed.
Other files like midimap.cfg, control.ini, progman.ini or winfile.ini etc usually don't stop Windows from starting.

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Reply 4 of 4, by ananananas

Posted on 2020-12-05, 20:40

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Yeah, system.ini did the trick for recovering from some network driver related issue. Need to check those others too, thanks!

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