Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : CONED28.ZIP
Filename : PROBLEM.TXT

 
Output of file : PROBLEM.TXT contained in archive : CONED28.ZIP
Some common questions and answers regarding ConEd usage:

Q: When I press F3 or F4 to edit my AUTOEXEC.xxx or CONFIG.xxx, I get an
error message "No such file or directory, Press any key to continue".
What is wrong?

A: In the configuration menu, you are asked to provide the path to your
editor, and the editors file name. Ensure you have indicated the
correct path and file name to your editor. If you entered "QEDIT.COM"
and the correct file name is "QEDIT.EXE", this error will appear.


Q: My configuration descriptions are all messed up. Seems as though they
start on one line, and continue to the next, whats up?

A: The ConEd26.CFG file is 55 characters in length. Characters 1 thru 50
are reserved for your configuration description, characters 51 thru 53
are used for your configuration extensions, and characters 54 and 55
are used internally. If you use an editor to go into this file, and
that editor deletes trailing spaces, you will change the file format,
thus changing the display.

Q: When I use ConEd to change my current configuration by pressing the
key (or using to update my config), either I get a
zero byte AUTOEXEC/CONFIG in my root directory, or my configurations
haven't changed. What am I doing wrong?

A: There a few possibilities here. If you are using a program such as
PC-TOOLS mirror, or some other such program that 'protects' your
root directory configuration files, there is a conflict. ConEd is
trying to modifiy these files, and the other programs are doing their
job by protecting them. Try invoking these programs later on in your
AUTOEXEC, or turning them off before invoking ConEd.
Another possibility is you are using a disk cache (software) of some
kind, and you did not enter the 'flush' command in the ConEd
configuration menu (F5 will get you there). One of the functions of
a disk cache is to store the last file write in memory before actually
writing to disk, if this memory is not written to disk before a reboot,
the 'copy' never really happens. To fix this, enter the command to
flush your disk cache.




  3 Responses to “Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : CONED28.ZIP
Filename : PROBLEM.TXT

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