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CHGINT 1.0 - CHanGe INTernal DOS commands
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This little utility will allow you to rename many of the INTERNAL DOS commands
to other commands. This is handy if you want to disable a command that you
don't want someone to use, such as DEL or ERASE.
INTERNAL DOS commands are commands that are found in the COMMAND.COM file.
These commands are always in memory, while EXTERNAL DOS commands are the
command programs (such as FORMAT and DISKCOPY) that are in your DOS
directory. You can easily rename or delete external DOS commands, but
you cannot do the same to internal commands.
With this program you CAN rename these internal commands.
You may also rename the file that is used when booting... normally DOS
boots off of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You MAY change this to any other
DOS filename. If you change it to, say, BOOTFILE.TXT, then, when the
computer boots, it would look for BOOTFILE.TXT in the root directory,
rather than for AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Requirements:
You *MUST* be running MS-DOS 5.0 or IBM DOS 5.0. This will
probably not work with any other version.
You *MUST* have a copy of COMMAND.COM in your ROOT directory.
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Before running the program you should make a backup copy of your
COMMAND.COM file. This program will modify your COMMAND.COM file,
so you should back it up first!
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Running the program:
Just copy the program to your hard drive (C:, or your BOOT drive)
and run the program by typing CHGINT and pressing ENTER.
A "menu" of all the available commands will appear. There are two
columns in this menu - one labelled ORIGINAL and the other labelled
CURRENT. The commands listed under the ORIGINAL column are the
original DOS commands (as they came when installed), and the
CURRENT column is the current command (the first time you use this
program, this should exactly match the ORIGINAL column).
You can use the up and down arrow keys to move from one command to
another, and just backspace over commands and retype them to edit
them.
NOTE: *****************************************************
When changing a command, KEEP THE COMMAND TO THE FULL
LENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL COMMAND. If the command
originally had 4 characters, make sure your new one
also has four characters. IT MIGHT WORK if you make
your command shorter, but no guarantees. I haven't
tried it.
If you modify the name of AUTOEXEC.BAT, then you
MUST *MUST* ***MUST*** keep the filename to the full
twelve (12) characters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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After you are done editing, press F10 to exit. You will be
asked if you want to save your changes. If you DO save your
changes, you MUST reboot before those changes will take effect.
Note that there is a slim chance that you will get an "INVALID
COMMAND.COM" message when you exit the program (if you save
changes). Don't worry about it.. just reboot!
YOU USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK! I WILL NOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES THAT MAY OCCUR BECAUSE
OF YOUR USE OF THIS PROGRAM!
This program works GREAT for me, and it should for you as well,
as long as you abide by the above rules (about length).
For comments, suggestions, etc, I can be reached at:
The BillBoard BBS
Newmarket, Ontario
(416) 898-2443
14.4k v.32bis/v.42bis 8,N,1
or on Canada Remote Systems (CRS).
Address all mail to BILL DYKSTRA.
This program is FREEWARE. The source code may be available upon request.
The program is written in Turbo C++ 3.0.
This is a sloppy little util, with no 'idiot checking' (to make sure you
didn't screw up and type commands that were too short), and the docs are
pretty lousy. Ohwell. I wrote it for my use, and since I know what I'm
doing, I didn't need idiot checking... Sorry, but you got what you paid
for.. (and possibly a little more...)
I hope you find it useful!