Q95204: MS-DOS 6.x ANSI.SYS Turns Off Menu Colors

Article: Q95204
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 19-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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