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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I went and read the description at your site and am experimenting by 
hand-editing system.ini

If i change from Explorer.exe to Progman it loads in 29 sec either way.  I 
changed back and forth a few times to count and at one point got:

Error loading Explorer.ini  You must reinstall Windows.

So I did a copy system.old system.ini (you recommended making system.old
as a backup) and it works again with Explorer.  I wonder why Windows did 
not automatically keep a backup instead of telling users to reinstall.

17 seconds to command.com for a savings of 12 sec.  About the same as 
linux.  I maximized the DOS window and have a lovely big black screen with 
a few white words on it and no icons etc.

I made batch files to run wordview and opera.

I need to exit DOS by typing exit before I can shut down Windows with 
Ctrl-Alt-Del when in command.com shell.

I can't think of any reason to put back Explorer in system.ini so might 
not need chshell.exe.  Your information was really useful though.

I can type defrag c: at the DOS prompt.  It still runs slowly.

Thanks very much.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Ian Scott wrote:

> As promised, I have published my program to change the shell in windows 98.
> 
> See http://www.arbornet.org/~yane/chshell for details and downloads.
> 
> Basically, you run e.g. "chshell command.com" from a dosprompt to change the
> shell to command.com (or whatever), when run win to start windows.
> 
> Hope you find it useful
> 
> Shout if you have any problems,
> 
> Ian
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