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"Aur�lien" wrote:

> Hello !
>
> I have problems to have color under MS-DOS with Windows NT and Windows 2000
> Professional. I added the line
> "DEVICE=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys" in the c:\WINNT\system32\config.nt
> file and it doens't work !!
> Here is the contents of this file:
>
> CONFIG.NT
> --------------
> dos=high, umb
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
> files=40
>
> I made a perl script that uses color and I don't get color but the
> corresponding codes.
> I added the line "DEVICE=c:\Windows\command\ansi.sys" in the c:\config.sys
> file with Windows98 and it works. So, why doesn't it work with Windows NT
> and Windows 2000 ?

  The ANSI.SYS driver will ONLY work with 16-bit command prompts. If you run
COMMAND, you will get ANSI color control. Normally, NT uses CMD.EXE, which is
32-bit. CONFIG.NT is only used when 16-bit programs start up. You don't
normally want to use COMMAND.COM as your command prompt, as you lose too many
features, and it has a few other odd problems.

  If you want color at a command prompt, you can try 4NT from
www.jpsoftware.com. This is a replacement for CMD.EXE, and I beleive it has
ANSI support built-in?

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