HOW TO GET BACK TO SYSTEM MANAGER WHEN STUCK IN DOS

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HOW TO GET BACK TO SYSTEM MANAGER WHEN STUCK IN DOS

When you load software onto your 95LX, many programs, such as Switch, ACT, or the PTP Subscribers Disk, add or modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If that file gets further changed, or deleted and you press (CTRL)-(ALT)-(DEL) to reboot, you may end up in DOS without any way to access the regular built-in applications.

You must return to the System Manager in order to use the built-in applications. To do so from the C:\ prompt, type $sysmgr and press (ENTER). This starts System Manager and allows you to use the built-in applications.

You should then call your AUTOEXEC.BAT file into MEMO and make sure that it has $sysmgr as the last line of the file. You may have to create a new AUTOEXEC.BAT file if your original file has been deleted.

Larry Tachna

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