DOCUMENT:Q100394  22-JUN-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :INF: How to Use ANSI.SYS in Windows NT
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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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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You can make use of ANSI.SYS under Windows NT, but you must run MS-DOS
COMMAND.COM version 5.0 to do so; the Windows NT command interpreter,
CMD.EXE, does not support ANSI.SYS. To use ANSI.SYS, do the following:
 
Note: You can add ANSI.SYS to a specific program by modifying its
program information file (PIF). To install ANSI.SYS in your default
command prompt configuration, do the following:
 
1. Add the following line to the CONFIG.NT file located in the
   SYSTEM32 subdirectory:
 
      DEVICE=%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\ANSI.SYS
 
2. Exit any command prompts you have open.
 
3. Start a command prompt.
 
4. Run COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.0. Use the following command to make
   sure you are running MS-DOS 5.0 COMMAND.COM and not the Windows NT
   version:
 
      c:\dos\command.com
 
You should now be able to use ANSI.SYS. To test it, try entering the
following escape sequence with the PROMPT command:
 
   prompt $e[31;42m
 
Additional reference words: 3.10 16ap

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