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First post, by OzzFan

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Here’s a quick overview of what’s included:
🪟 For Windows 3.1x
- A Task List replacement styled after NT’s Task Manager
- A Time Synchronization utility (requires TCP/IP stack installed)
💾 For DOS
- A color-coded directory viewer that uses VGA colors to highlight directories and key file types. (Note: I haven’t tested it on EGA, CGA, or monochrome setups yet—feedback welcome!)
- A file locator utility
- A time stamp utility to change the date and time on files
- A system information program with built-in benchmark

📥 Download & Info
You can grab the utilities using any retro browser like IE 3.x or Netscape Navigator 2.x by visiting:
👉 http://www.shelteringoak.com/du Dobson Utilities Home Page

This latest version brings improvements to Task Manager, adding resource graphs and a bug fix.

Reply 1 of 4, by OzzFan

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Happy to release v6.1!

This release has the following features:

  • Added new utility: CDD.COM. Change drive and directory in a single command.
  • Added CDD functionality to SUPERBAT.COM.
  • Added application icons to the applications list in TASKMAN.EXE.
  • Added selectable graph colors for TASKMAN.EXE.
  • Added user-selectable colors for CDIR.EXE using CDIR.INI.
  • Added disk space check to SETUP.EXE.
  • Fixed bug in FILEDATE.COM not releasing open file handle on passing invalid
    date and/or time.
  • Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE's keyboard shortcuts not working.
  • Fixed bug in SYSCLOCK.COM always showing 24 time format.
  • Fixed bug in CDIR.EXE when specifying just a drive, current directory would
    be appended.
  • Fixed bug in TASKMAN.EXE when opening Run dialog, user couldn't access any
    open programs.
  • Changed TASKMAN.EXE's Run dialog to default to first entry in run history.
  • Improved REVEAL.EXE's ROM scanning routine to be more efficient.

And by popular demand, I'm including a zip file download (without SETUP.EXE). You can download them from http://www.shelteringoak.com/du

Reply 2 of 4, by keenerb

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OzzFan wrote on 2026-01-18, 03:10:
Here’s a quick overview of what’s included: 🪟 For Windows 3.1x - A Task List replacement styled after NT’s Task Manager - A Time […]
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Here’s a quick overview of what’s included:
🪟 For Windows 3.1x
- A Task List replacement styled after NT’s Task Manager
- A Time Synchronization utility (requires TCP/IP stack installed)
💾 For DOS
- A color-coded directory viewer that uses VGA colors to highlight directories and key file types. (Note: I haven’t tested it on EGA, CGA, or monochrome setups yet—feedback welcome!)
- A file locator utility
- A time stamp utility to change the date and time on files
- A system information program with built-in benchmark

📥 Download & Info
You can grab the utilities using any retro browser like IE 3.x or Netscape Navigator 2.x by visiting:
👉 http://www.shelteringoak.com/du Dobson Utilities Home Page

This latest version brings improvements to Task Manager, adding resource graphs and a bug fix.

This looks really nifty!

Reply 3 of 4, by OzzFan

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I appreciate it! Thanks for taking a look.

Reply 4 of 4, by thierry

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Excelent , try it in my 386dx 40mhz + 8mb ram, thanks