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Q100984: Additional Information on Using Clean and Interactive Start

Article: Q100984
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 23-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes two features of the clean start and interactive start
function keys (F5 and F8, respectively) that are not documented in the "User's
Guide." Because these features were added late in the product development cycle,
this information does not appear in the "User's Guide."

MORE INFORMATION
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As documented under "Bypassing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Commands" on pages
103-104 of the "User's Guide," you can use the F5 key to completely bypass your
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT commands, or you can use the F8 key to confirm each
CONFIG.SYS command. You can also press and hold down the SHIFT key when MS-DOS
displays the "Starting MS-DOS..." prompt to completely bypass your CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT commands.

Note: If you hold down the SHIFT key, you do NOT receive the following standard
message displayed when you press F5:

  MS-DOS is bypassing your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

New Information
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Once you have started selectively processing your CONFIG.SYS commands by pressing
F8 (or CTRL+F8 in MS-DOS 6.2), you can respond "Yes" to all remaining prompts,
including "Process AUTOEXEC.BAT [Y/N]?," by pressing ESC. Or, you can respond No
to all remaining prompts, including "Process AUTOEXEC.BAT [Y/N]?," by pressing
F5.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20 escape ctrl+f5 ctrl-f5 ctrl-f8 control

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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