Microsoft KB Archive/96383

= AddStor SSUTIL Utility Reports MS-DOS 6.x as Version 5.0 =

Article ID: 96383

Article Last Modified on 11/22/1999

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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 Q96383



SYMPTOMS
The AddStor compression information utility, SSUTIL, incorrectly reports the following information about MS-DOS version 6.0:

VERSION is MS-DOS 5.0

REPORTED version is 6.0



CAUSE
SSUTIL looks at the boot record signature to determine the version of MS-DOS. It then calls the GetMSDOSVersion function to determine the reported version number.

Because the boot record signature is the same for MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-DOS 6.0, SSUTIL incorrectly reports the version number.

NOTE: The incorrect version number detection does not cause any problems or incompatibilities between MS-DOS 6.x and the AddStor utility.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB96383

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