Microsoft KB Archive/100394

= How to Use ANSI.SYS in Windows NT =

Article ID: 100394

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q100394



SUMMARY
You can make use of ANSI.SYS under Windows NT, but you must run COMMAND.COM from Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0 to do so; the Windows NT command interpreter, CMD.EXE, does not support ANSI.SYS. To use ANSI.SYS, do the following:

NOTE: You can add ANSI.SYS to a specific program by modifying its program information file (PIF). To install ANSI.SYS in your default command prompt configuration, do the following:  Add the following line to the CONFIG.NT file located in the SYSTEM32 subdirectory:

DEVICE=%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\ANSI.SYS

 Exit any command prompts you have open. Start a command prompt. Run COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.0. Use the following command to make sure you are running MS-DOS 5.0 COMMAND.COM and not the Windows NT version:

c:\dos\command.com



You should now be able to use ANSI.SYS. To test it, try entering the following escape sequence with the PROMPT command:

prompt $e[31;42m

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