Site menu:

Windows 95 > Fine Tuning Windows 95

Display start up Menu without pressing F8 on start up

When you want to display the start up menu at the time you start Windows 95, you need to press F8. There is also a way of displaying it automatically:

1. Use Explorer and find Msdos.sys in the root directory -- it is a hidden file (see How do I show hidden files (such as Msdos.sys)? to see how to show hidden files in Explorer)
2. Make a copy of the Msdos.sys file in your TEMP directory, or any other directory. (just in case...)
3. Right-click Msdos.sys and select Properties
4. uncheck the Read-only attribute
5. Open a Msdos window (click Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt and type edit C:\msdos.sys
6. Under the [Options] section, type:

   BootMenu=1
   BootMenuDefault=1
   BootMenuDelay=xx (where xx is the delay in seconds)

7. Save the file
8. In Explorer right-click on Msdos.sys, select Properties and check the Read-only attribute

Note: These settings can also be changed with TweakUI, one of Microsoft's PowerToys.

E-mail This Page

Next Page