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WIN
Description
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| Switches
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| Errorlevels
| Availability
Starts the Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Syntax
WIN
[/D[[:]F][[:]M][[:]N][[:]S][[:]V][[:]X]]
WIN
[[/MQ]
| [/W]
| [/WX]
| [/Z]
| [ : ]]
Parameters
none
Switches
- :
(Win30)
- UNDOCUMENTED Disables display of startup logo.
- /D
(v7.00
Win95)
- Used for troubleshooting when Windows does not start
correctly.
- :F
(v7.00
Win95)
- Turns off 32-bit disk access. Equivalent to SYSTEM.INI
file setting: 32BitDiskAccess=FALSE.
- :M
(v7.00
Win95)
- Enables Safe mode. This is automatically enabled during
Safe start (function key F5).
- :N
(v7.00
Win95)
- Enables Safe mode with networking. This is automatically
enabled during Safe start (function key F6).
- :S
(v7.00
Win95)
- Specifies that Windows should not use ROM address space
between F000:0000 and 1 MB for a break point. Equivalent to
SYSTEM.INI file setting: SystemROMBreakPoint=FALSE.
- :V
(v7.00
Win95)
- Specifies that the ROM routine will handle interrupts
from the hard disk controller. Equivalent to SYSTEM.INI
file setting: VirtualHDIRQ=FALSE.
- :X
(v7.00
Win95)
- Excludes all of the adapter area from the range of
memory that Windows scans to find unused space. Equivalent
to SYSTEM.INI file setting: EMMExclude=A000-FFFF.
- /MQ
(v7.00
Win95)
- UNDOCUMENTED Fast soft-reboot without prompting.
- /W
(v7.00
Win95)
- UNDOCUMENTED Warm-reboot with prompt.
- /WX
(v7.00
Win95)
- UNDOCUMENTED Warm-reboot without prompt.
- /Z
(v7.00
Win95)
- UNDOCUMENTED Forces ATX power supply to
soft-power-off without prompting.
Related
Replaces WIN386 used in previous
Windows versions
Notes
none.
Examples
none.
Errorlevels
none.
Availability
- External
-
- DOS
-
v7.00
v7.0R1
v7.10
v8.00
- Windows
-
Win30
Win95
Win98
- Windows NT
-
none
Last Updated: 2004/10/01
Direct corrections or suggestions to:
Rick Lively