Microsoft KB Archive/73406

= Program Group File Format Differences with MS-DOS Shell =

Article ID: 73406

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q73406



SUMMARY
MS-DOS Shell versions 5.0 and later use a different file format to save program group information than MS-DOS 4.x Shell does.



MORE INFORMATION
MS-DOS 5.0 and later Shell uses one file (DOSSHELL.INI) in a text format to store all of the information about Shell, including program groups. MS-DOS 4.0 Shell uses a SHELL.MEU for the Main group and creates a separate file (*.MEU) for each additional program group. .MEU files are in an undocumented binary format. The two formats are incompatible with one another, and you must re-create the program groups in MS-DOS 5.0 and later Shell that you had in MS-DOS 4.0 Shell.

PC-DOS version 5.0 includes a utility, MEU2INI.EXE, to convert the .MEU files to .INI files. For more information about converting .MEU files to .INI files, query on the following words:

PC-DOS and 5.0 and Shell

Additional query words: 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 5.00a 6.00 DOSSHELL

Keywords: KB73406

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