Win95 Boot OptionsWin95 Boot Options
This is one of those, "not quite RegEdit" tips. Some of these are part of PowerToys, but if you like to know how to do these things manually, here it is: In your C:\ directory there is a file called MSDOS.SYS. This is where your Win95 bootup parameters are stored. This file is marked System, Read Only, so you will have to take these flags off before editing it.
The following list contains all the usefull parameter settings that can be used in the [OPTIONS] section of the MSDOS.SYS file to control Windows 95 Boot Options.
| BootMulti = 1 (default) | Allows you to boot to a previous version of DOS if Windows 95 was installed to a separate directory by placing an option on the startup choice menu. |
| BootMulti = 0 | Allows only booting to the Windows 95 operating system. Does not put the menu choice for booting to the old DOS system on the startup choice menu. |
| BootWin = 1 (default) | By default, boot the machine to Windows 95, or the DOS 7.0 Command Line. |
| BootWin = 0 | By default, boot the machine to the previous version of DOS if Multiboot is enabled. |
| BootGUI = 1 (default) | Boot to Windows 95. |
| BootGUI = 0 | Boot to DOS 7.0 command prompt. |
| BootMenu = 1 | Display the Startup Menu. |
| BootMenu = 0 (default) | Do not display the startup menu. |
| BootMenuDefault = n | n represents which menu option will be the default should you not select one the menu. The default is 1 (Start Windows 95). |
| BootMenuDelay = n | n represents how many seconds the menu will be diplayed before executing what ever was set in the BootMenuDefault parameter. The default is 30. |
| BootKeys = 1 (default) | Allows the function keys F4,F5,F5,F8,Shift+F5, Shift+F8 to work on boot up. |
| BootKeys = 0 | Disables the function keys F4,F5,F5,F8,Shift+F5, Shift+F8 for boot up. |
| BootDelay = n | The amount of time in seconds that the bootup process will wait for you to hit a function key after displaying the message "Starting Windows 95." The default is 2. |
| Logo = 1 (default) | Displays the Windows 95 Logo startup screen, or any 320 x 400 BMP named LOGO.SYS that is in your root directory. |
| Logo = 0 | Supressed the displaying of the Windows 95 logo screen. |
| Network = 1 (default) | Enables the startup menu "Safe Mode With Network Support" option. |
| Network = 0 | Supresses the "Safe Mode With Network Support" option on the startup menu. |
| BootFailSafe = 1 (default) | Enables the "Safe Boot" option on the startup menu. |
| BootFailSafe = 0 | Disables the "Safe Boot" option on the startup menu. |
| BootWarn = 1 (default) | Displays a informational dialog box that informs you the Windows 95 has been started in safe mode. |
| BootWarn = 0 | Supresses the Safe Mode informational dialog box. |
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