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re: Question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 12:11 pm Posted by SiNGHsays (98 messages posted) hey RJ ! its just that the msdos.sys file is registered as a system file and earlier it might have been registered to open with notepad , which gave it the text file icon. the icon on a file is usually the icon of the program that is used to open that file. here's what we can try open the notepad from start->programs->accessories->notepad and drag the msdos.sys file into the notepad. and you should be able to see the file as bfore any questions or if you need further help , feel free to email singhsays@hotmail.com Regards SiNGH On Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 12:02 pm, revolver junkie wrote: >I looked at the msdos.sys file and it is not a text file. It has the icon I usualy >see with DLL files. I recently had a major windows problem and had to format my >hard drive and reinstall windows 98SE. I remember before the reinstallation, I was >able to go into the msdos.sys file and do the tweak suggested. Why is it no longer >a TXT file? >Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 12:53 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) It shouldn't look like a text file! Leave it alone! It's a hidden system file and has read only and hidden attributes checked. Those attributes need to be unchecked before editing. [Reply or follow-up to this message] No let's not do that!.... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 12:57 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) You don't know what in the world you're talking about! Let's just go change a system file to a text file?! I think you need to find a different hobby! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 1:13 pm Posted by Paul D (2162 messages posted) You can't change it to a text file, because it already is, in the sense that the contents are in text. So there's no reason why it can't be opened with notepad, or any other text file handler. And SINGHsays never said anything about changing the file. He just pointed out exactly what I have - that it can be opened with notepad. Paul D On Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 12:53 pm, CJ wrote: > >It shouldn't look like a text file! Leave it alone! It's a hidden system file and >has read only and hidden attributes checked. Those attributes need to be unchecked >before editing. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 1:32 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) I know that it can be opened in Notepad. That's the only way to edit it! He was concerned that the icon didn't LOOK like a text file. Why should it? It doesn't have a .txt ext. You only need to uncheck the attributes to edit it in Notepad. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 10:43 pm Posted by revolver junkie (2 messages posted) Wow, looks like a real burning controversy. I am pretty sure I did uncheck those attributes (hidden/read only) - maybe the changed attributes only take effect after you restart...? Maybe I am on crack...? Anyway, I will try reading the sys file in notepad, but I won't change it to a txt file. Thanks! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 10:54 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) You 'only' uncheck them to edit the file, then save the file/changes and close. Then recheck the attributes again to hidden, etc. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Don't change to text file... Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 11:27 pm Posted by tower (1 messages posted) All of you in this thread do have a point. Last night I checked this forum for some help on the same issue. On my own computer (win 98SE) I was able to edit the msdos.sys as text file. However, on my neighbor's fujitsu lap-top (has a special fujitsu version of Windows 98SE) I was UNABLE to change the attributes (-S -H -R); not even in DOS-mode. So I geuss everyone here is right depending on his own version of windows On Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 10:54 pm, CJ wrote: > >You 'only' uncheck them to edit the file, then save the file/changes and close. Then >recheck the attributes again to hidden, etc. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum