MS-DOS 6.x ANSI.SYS Turns Off Menu Colors (95204)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q95204
SUMMARY
If you are loading the ANSI.SYS driver, MS-DOS multiple configuration
colors set with the menucolor= setting are reset to the default colors.
MORE INFORMATION
The menucolor= setting in the CONFIG.SYS file allows you to define your
menu colors. When ANSI.SYS is loaded through one of the menu blocks, the
screen colors are reset. This occurs because ANSI.SYS is a block device for
the console (CON). ANSI.SYS takes over all output to the console and
manipulates the data in an ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
format.
ANSI.SYS turns off the menu colors because it does not detect the previous
state of the CON device.
| Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
11/19/1999 |
| Keywords: |
KB95204 |
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