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- DOCUMENT:Q107368 29-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Editing the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS File
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- Some OS/2 applications may require that changes be made in the OS/2
- CONFIG.SYS file. However, the original OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file may not exist
- on the system. Information for a fake OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file is kept in the
- registry, and you can make needed changes by editing the fake CONFIG.SYS
- file. After you make these changes, the new values will be written back to
- the appropriate entries in the Windows NT Registry.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- WARNING: Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-
- wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct
- them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the
- use of the Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own
- risk.
-
- The Microsoft Windows NT "System Guide" states on page 322 that you must
- use an OS/2 text editor to change the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file. An OS/2 editor
- can access a "dummy" copy of this file located at C:\CONFIG.SYS. However,
- if you access the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS entry in the Registry directly using the
- REGEDIT utility, then you will be able to invoke the online Multi-String
- editor to make needed changes. You can do this by selecting the value entry
- next to the entry for "CONFIG.SYS: REG_MULTI_SZ."
-
- The following subkey entry in the Registry identifies the location of the
- OS/2 CONFIG.SYS information:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft
-
- \OS/2 Subsystem for NT\1.0\config.sys
-
- Microsoft recommends that you use a third-party text editor to edit the
- OS/2 CONFIG.SYS, but if you do not have such an editor availabe, you can
- use the online Multi-String editor in the Windows NT Registry.
-
- For more information about OS/2 subsystem configuration files, query on the
- following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- environment and variables or OS/2 CONFIG.SYS
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 os2libpath libpath 3rdparty
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: os2ap
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