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RECFG.EXE
by David Foster
RECFG is of greatest use to hard disk users and was written to solve
the problem of certain programs requiring different settings in
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from others. As an example, you may choose
to have a large ram disk installed when using some programs, but other
programs may require the use of so much memory that there is
insufficient room for a ram disk as well. Another example would be
where programs require the installation of the ANSI.SYS screen driver,
which also has the effect of slowing down screen display so that you
might prefer not to use it normally.
RECFG does little that you could not achieve with a few batch files,
the COPY command and a press of Ctrl-Alt-Del, but what it does do is
simplify and automate the procedure. Typing RECFG will result in a list
of available configuration options, selectable with a single keypress.
On selection, the required configurations are copied to the root
directory and the program then performs a reset, to activate the new
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Alternatively, if you can remember
the name of the configuration, typing RECFG <configname> will execute
the process immediately.
INSTALLATION
1. RECFG.EXE should be located in a directory specified in the PATH in
all AUTOEXEC.BAT files. I have a directory called SUNDRY for all such
programs. The only requirement is that MS-DOS can find the RECFG
program.
2. A new directory, called 'BOOT' should be created off the root
directory and this will contain all the different configurations.
3. All the different AUTOEXEC.BAT files should be copied into the BOOT
directory, each being renamed to suit its purpose, but with the
suffix '.AUT'.
4. All the different CONFIG.SYS files should be copied into the BOOT
directory, each being renamed with the same name as their matching
'.AUT' file, but with the suffix '.CON'.
As an example, my BOOT directory contains DOS.AUT, DOS.CON, GEM.AUT,
GEM.CON, ANSI.AUT and ANSI.CFG, amongst other configurations.
USAGE
Typing
RECFG
at the MS-DOS command prompt will result in a menu displaying the names
of all the available configurations. Selection is by selecting the
appropriate number or '0' to cancel. Only 9 configurations are allowed,
due to the fact that for ease and speed only a single keypress is
required, restricting you to numbers between 0 and 9. This should be
more than sufficient however!
Note that the name in the menu is obtained from the names of the '.AUT'
files but without the suffix.
Alternatively, typing
RECFG <name>
where <name> is the name of the CON and AUT files, but without the
suffix, will execute the program without the menu appearing.
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As an e| 00000110 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |xample, you may | 00000120 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 0d 0a 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 |choose..to have | 00000130 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 72 61 6d 20 64 69 73 6b |a large ram disk| 00000140 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 | installed when | 00000150 75 73 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 |using some progr| 00000160 61 6d 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 6f 74 68 65 72 0d 0a |ams, but other..| 00000170 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 6d 61 79 20 72 65 71 |programs may req| 00000180 75 69 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 |uire the use of | 00000190 73 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 |so much memory t| 000001a0 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 0d 0a 69 6e |hat there is..in| 000001b0 73 75 66 66 69 63 69 65 6e 74 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 |sufficient room | 000001c0 66 6f 72 20 61 20 72 61 6d 20 64 69 73 6b 20 61 |for a ram disk a| 000001d0 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 20 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |s well. Another | 000001e0 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 |example would be| 000001f0 0d 0a 77 68 65 72 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 |..where programs| 00000200 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 | require the ins| 00000210 74 61 6c 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |tallation of the| 00000220 20 41 4e 53 49 2e 53 59 53 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e | ANSI.SYS screen| 00000230 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 2c 0d 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 | driver,..which | 00000240 61 6c 73 6f 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 65 66 66 |also has the eff| 00000250 65 63 74 20 6f 66 20 73 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 64 |ect of slowing d| 00000260 6f 77 6e 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 69 73 70 6c |own screen displ| 00000270 61 79 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 0d 0a |ay so that you..| 00000280 6d 69 67 68 74 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 6e 6f 74 |might prefer not| 00000290 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 | to use it norma| 000002a0 6c 6c 79 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 52 45 43 46 47 20 64 6f |lly.....RECFG do| 000002b0 65 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 |es little that y| 000002c0 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 63 68 |ou could not ach| 000002d0 69 65 76 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 |ieve with a few | 000002e0 62 61 74 63 68 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 0d 0a 74 68 |batch files,..th| 000002f0 65 20 43 4f 50 59 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 61 |e COPY command a| 00000300 6e 64 20 61 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 43 74 |nd a press of Ct| 00000310 72 6c 2d 41 6c 74 2d 44 65 6c 2c 20 62 75 74 20 |rl-Alt-Del, but | 00000320 77 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 20 64 6f 20 |what it does do | 00000330 69 73 0d 0a 73 69 6d 70 6c 69 66 79 20 61 6e 64 |is..simplify and| 00000340 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 | automate the pr| 00000350 6f 63 65 64 75 72 65 2e 20 54 79 70 69 6e 67 20 |ocedure. Typing | 00000360 52 45 43 46 47 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 75 6c |RECFG will resul| 00000370 74 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 0d 0a 6f 66 20 |t in a list..of | 00000380 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 |available config| 00000390 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c |uration options,| 000003a0 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 61 62 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 | selectable with| 000003b0 20 61 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 6b 65 79 70 72 65 | a single keypre| 000003c0 73 73 2e 0d 0a 4f 6e 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f |ss...On selectio| 000003d0 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 |n, the required | 000003e0 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 |configurations a| 000003f0 72 65 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |re copied to the| 00000400 20 72 6f 6f 74 0d 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 | root..directory| 00000410 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d | and the program| 00000420 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 73 20 61 | then performs a| 00000430 20 72 65 73 65 74 2c 20 74 6f 20 61 63 74 69 76 | reset, to activ| 00000440 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 0d 0a 43 4f 4e |ate the new..CON| 00000450 46 49 47 2e 53 59 53 20 61 6e 64 20 41 55 54 4f |FIG.SYS and AUTO| 00000460 45 58 45 43 2e 42 41 54 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 |EXEC.BAT files. | 00000470 41 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 69 |Alternatively, i| 00000480 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 |f you can rememb| 00000490 65 72 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 |er..the name of | 000004a0 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f |the configuratio| 000004b0 6e 2c 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 52 45 43 46 47 20 |n, typing RECFG | 000004c0 3c 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 6e 61 6d 65 3e 20 77 69 6c |<configname> wil| 000004d0 6c 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 70 |l execute..the p| 000004e0 72 6f 63 65 73 73 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 |rocess immediate| 000004f0 6c 79 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 49 4e 53 54 41 4c 4c 41 54 |ly.....INSTALLAT| 00000500 49 4f 4e 0d 0a 0d 0a 31 2e 20 52 45 43 46 47 2e |ION....1. RECFG.| 00000510 45 58 45 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6c 6f |EXE should be lo| 00000520 63 61 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 |cated in a direc| 00000530 74 6f 72 79 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 65 64 20 69 |tory specified i| 00000540 6e 20 74 68 65 20 50 41 54 48 20 69 6e 0d 0a 20 |n the PATH in.. | 00000550 20 20 61 6c 6c 20 41 55 54 4f 45 58 45 43 2e 42 | all AUTOEXEC.B| 00000560 41 54 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 |AT files. I have| 00000570 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 61 6c | a directory cal| 00000580 6c 65 64 20 53 55 4e 44 52 59 20 66 6f 72 20 61 |led SUNDRY for a| 00000590 6c 6c 20 73 75 63 68 0d 0a 20 20 20 70 72 6f 67 |ll such.. prog| 000005a0 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 72 |rams. The only r| 000005b0 65 71 75 69 72 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 |equirement is th| 000005c0 61 74 20 4d 53 2d 44 4f 53 20 63 61 6e 20 66 69 |at MS-DOS can fi| 000005d0 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 52 45 43 46 47 0d 0a 20 20 |nd the RECFG.. | 000005e0 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 32 2e 20 | program.....2. | 000005f0 41 20 6e 65 77 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c |A new directory,| 00000600 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 42 4f 4f 54 27 20 73 | called 'BOOT' s| 00000610 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 64 |hould be created| 00000620 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 0d 0a 20 | off the root.. | 00000630 20 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 | directory and | 00000640 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 |this will contai| 00000650 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 |n all the differ| 00000660 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f |ent configuratio| 00000670 6e 73 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 33 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 74 68 |ns.....3. All th| 00000680 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 41 55 54 4f |e different AUTO| 00000690 45 58 45 43 2e 42 41 54 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 73 |EXEC.BAT files s| 000006a0 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 |hould be copied | 000006b0 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 42 4f 4f 54 0d 0a 20 |into the BOOT.. | 000006c0 20 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 65 61 63 | directory, eac| 000006d0 68 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 |h being renamed | 000006e0 74 6f 20 73 75 69 74 20 69 74 73 20 70 75 72 70 |to suit its purp| 000006f0 6f 73 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |ose, but with th| 00000700 65 0d 0a 20 20 20 73 75 66 66 69 78 20 27 2e 41 |e.. suffix '.A| 00000710 55 54 27 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 34 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 74 |UT'.....4. All t| 00000720 68 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 43 4f 4e |he different CON| 00000730 46 49 47 2e 53 59 53 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 73 68 |FIG.SYS files sh| 00000740 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 69 |ould be copied i| 00000750 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 42 4f 4f 54 0d 0a 20 20 |nto the BOOT.. | 00000760 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 65 61 63 68 | directory, each| 00000770 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 77 | being renamed w| 00000780 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6e 61 6d |ith the same nam| 00000790 65 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6d 61 74 63 68 |e as their match| 000007a0 69 6e 67 0d 0a 20 20 20 27 2e 41 55 54 27 20 66 |ing.. '.AUT' f| 000007b0 69 6c 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |ile, but with th| 000007c0 65 20 73 75 66 66 69 78 20 27 2e 43 4f 4e 27 2e |e suffix '.CON'.| 000007d0 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 41 73 20 61 6e 20 65 78 61 |.... As an exa| 000007e0 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 6d 79 20 42 4f 4f 54 20 64 69 |mple, my BOOT di| 000007f0 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 |rectory contains| 00000800 20 44 4f 53 2e 41 55 54 2c 20 44 4f 53 2e 43 4f | DOS.AUT, DOS.CO| 00000810 4e 2c 20 47 45 4d 2e 41 55 54 2c 0d 0a 20 20 20 |N, GEM.AUT,.. | 00000820 47 45 4d 2e 43 4f 4e 2c 20 41 4e 53 49 2e 41 55 |GEM.CON, ANSI.AU| 00000830 54 20 61 6e 64 20 41 4e 53 49 2e 43 46 47 2c 20 |T and ANSI.CFG, | 00000840 61 6d 6f 6e 67 73 74 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 63 6f |amongst other co| 00000850 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0d 0a 0d |nfigurations....| 00000860 0a 55 53 41 47 45 0d 0a 0d 0a 54 79 70 69 6e 67 |.USAGE....Typing| 00000870 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 52 45 43 46 47 0d 0a 0d |.... RECFG...| 00000880 0a 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 4d 53 2d 44 4f 53 20 63 |.at the MS-DOS c| 00000890 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 20 77 69 |ommand prompt wi| 000008a0 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6d |ll result in a m| 000008b0 65 6e 75 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 |enu displaying t| 000008c0 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 0d 0a 6f 66 20 61 6c 6c |he names..of all| 000008d0 20 74 68 65 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 63 | the available c| 000008e0 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 20 53 |onfigurations. S| 000008f0 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 62 79 20 73 |election is by s| 00000900 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 61 70 |electing the..ap| 00000910 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |propriate number| 00000920 20 6f 72 20 27 30 27 20 74 6f 20 63 61 6e 63 65 | or '0' to cance| 00000930 6c 2e 20 4f 6e 6c 79 20 39 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 |l. Only 9 config| 00000940 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 6c |urations are all| 00000950 6f 77 65 64 2c 0d 0a 64 75 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |owed,..due to th| 00000960 65 20 66 61 63 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 6f 72 20 |e fact that for | 00000970 65 61 73 65 20 61 6e 64 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 6f |ease and speed o| 00000980 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 6b 65 79 |nly a single key| 00000990 70 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 0d 0a 72 65 71 75 69 72 |press is..requir| 000009a0 65 64 2c 20 72 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 69 6e 67 20 |ed, restricting | 000009b0 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 62 |you to numbers b| 000009c0 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 30 20 61 6e 64 20 39 2e 20 |etween 0 and 9. | 000009d0 54 68 69 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 0d 0a |This should be..| 000009e0 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 73 75 66 66 69 63 |more than suffic| 000009f0 69 65 6e 74 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 21 0d 0a 0d |ient however!...| 00000a00 0a 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e |.Note that the n| 00000a10 61 6d 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 |ame in the menu | 00000a20 69 73 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d |is obtained from| 00000a30 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | the names of th| 00000a40 65 20 27 2e 41 55 54 27 0d 0a 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |e '.AUT'..files | 00000a50 62 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |but without the | 00000a60 73 75 66 66 69 78 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 41 6c 74 65 72 |suffix.....Alter| 00000a70 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 |natively, typing| 00000a80 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 52 45 43 46 47 20 3c 6e |.... RECFG <n| 00000a90 61 6d 65 3e 0d 0a 0d 0a 77 68 65 72 65 20 3c 6e |ame>....where <n| 00000aa0 61 6d 65 3e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 |ame> is the name| 00000ab0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 43 4f 4e 20 61 6e 64 20 | of the CON and | 00000ac0 41 55 54 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 |AUT files, but w| 00000ad0 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 73 75 66 66 |ithout the..suff| 00000ae0 69 78 2c 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 |ix, will execute| 00000af0 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 74 | the program wit| 00000b00 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 70 |hout the menu ap| 00000b10 70 65 61 72 69 6e 67 2e 0d 0a 1a |pearing....| 00000b1b
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