Microsoft KB Archive/130971

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Settings Used in the APPS.INF File

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Q130971

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SUMMARY
The APPS.INF file contains information about the manner in which MS-DOS-based programs are run. Each program listed in the [PIF95] section contains its own section, with the settings for the program listed there. This article explains the abbreviated codes used in these sections.

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Name         Key    Description                               Default -- WINDOWED    "win"   Open windowed instead of full-screen         Y BACKGROUND   "bgd"   Run in background                            Y EXCLUSIVE    "exc"   Exclusive mode                            Ignored DETECTIDLE  "dit"   Idle sensitivity                             Y LOWLOCKED    "lml"   Lock conventional memory                  Ignored EMSLOCKED   "eml"   Lock EMS memory                              N XMSLOCKED    "xml"   Lock XMS memory                              N USEHMA       "hma"   Uses HMA                                     Y EMULATEROM   "emt"   Fast ROM emulation                           Y RETAINVRAM   "rvm"   Retain video memory                       Ignored FASTPASTE   "afp"   Fast pasting                                 Y The following settings control which keyboard shortcuts are active when the MS-DOS-based program has the focus. If the key is disabled, pressing the key sends the keystroke to the program instead of to Windows 95.

Name         Key    Description                               Default -- ALTTAB      "ata"   Allow ALT+TAB to switch away                 Y ALTESC       "aes"   Allow ALT+ESC to switch away                 Y CTRLESC      "ces"   Allow CTRL+ESC to switch away                Y PRTSCRN      "psc"   Allow PrtSc to perform screen snap           Y ALTPRTSCRN   "aps"   Allow ALT+PrtSc to perform screen snap       Y ALTSPACE     "asp"   Allow ALT+SPACE to view System menu          Y ALTENTER     "aen"   Allow ALT+ENTER to toggle box/full-screen    Y WINLIE       "lie"   Prevent MS-DOS-based programs                N                     from detecting Windows GLOBALMEM   "gmp"   Enable global memory protection              N REALMODE     "dos"   Run program in MS-DOS mode                   N The following settings apply only if the REALMODE flag is set. These settings control which MS-DOS-based TSRs should be loaded in real mode.

Name           Key    Description                             Default -- MOUSE         "mse"   Mouse funtionality                         Y EMS            "ems"   EMM386                                     Y CDROM          "cdr"   CD-ROM driver/MSCDEX                       Y NETWORK        "net"   Network drivers                            Y DISKLOCK       "dsk"   Allow direct disk access                   N PRIVATECFG     "cfg"   Use custom CONFIG.SYS settings             N VESA           "vsa"   Extended video (VESA) support              Y CLOSEONEXIT    "cwe"   Close on exit                              N ALLOWSSAVER    "sav"   Allow screen saver to interrupt program    Y UNIQUESETTINGS "uus"   Run program in separate session            N Additional query words: dos application

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