|I have a foxpro application in my win 98 system.
|It needs some commands in config.sys file.
| Suja Suresh
|
FoxPro for DOS?
Windoze 98 has no need for CONFIG.SYS nor AUTOEXEC.BAT. [1]
Have you tried starting in Command Line Mode (Real DOS)?

|I added two commands to config.sys file and saved the file.
|
Did you make the file Read-Only at that point?
Did you try to READ the file again after saving it to see what it contained?
What are the commands that you added?[2]

|But on restart the commands gets erased and a blank config.sys file appears.
|
Have you looked for multiple files by that name on your drive?
(Are you editing a bogus copy?)
Does something in AUTOEXEC.BAT nuke CONFIG.SYS?
Have you scanned your system for infections?

|How do I get the old config.sys file after restarting the system.
|
AFTER you load Windoze, it's too late to monkey with CONFIG.SYS again.
By then, the DOS environment has already been set up.
See **Command Line Mode** (above).


[1] ...or FoxPro for Win 3.x?

[2] Any of the
FILES=
STACKS=
BUFFERS=
nonsense (etc.) is handled by Windows 98 without having to hand-tweak this stuff.

If this an actual problem and not an infection or a wrongly-suspected symptom,
maybe other FoxPro users have seen it before: 
The Usenet Archive -- ingroup:foxpro++config+sys

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