Microsoft KB Archive/95204

= MS-DOS 6.x ANSI.SYS Turns Off Menu Colors =

Article ID: 95204

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * 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 Q95204



SUMMARY
If you are loading the ANSI.SYS driver, MS-DOS multiple configuration colors set with the menucolor= setting are reset to the default colors.



MORE INFORMATION
The menucolor= setting in the CONFIG.SYS file allows you to define your menu colors. When ANSI.SYS is loaded through one of the menu blocks, the screen colors are reset. This occurs because ANSI.SYS is a block device for the console (CON). ANSI.SYS takes over all output to the console and manipulates the data in an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) format.

ANSI.SYS turns off the menu colors because it does not detect the previous state of the CON device.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 multiconfig multi-config 6.20

Keywords: KB95204

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