Using SETVER

Using SETVER

You use the SETVER program to report a particular MS-DOS version number to enable device drivers or programs written for an older version of MS-DOS (or Windows command line) to run with Windows. Use SETVER if a device driver or program reports an "incorrect DOS version" when you attempt to load it.

SETVER is used in two ways:

• When run from the command line, SETVER can display the version information stored in the program and let you add or remove programs from its version-table entries.

• When added to Config.sys (Windows 9x/Me) or Config.nt (Windows NT/2000/XP), SETVER 's version-table entries are loaded into memory. Any program listed in SETVER 's version table that queries for the version of MS-DOS in use will receive that information from SETVER .

The following options are used with all versions of SETVER when it is run from the command prompt:

 C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>setver /? Sets the MS-DOS version number that Windows reports to a program. Display current version table:  SETVER [drive:path] Add entry:                      SETVER [drive:path] filename n.nn Delete entry:                   SETVER [drive:path] filename /DELETE                                 [/QUIET]   [drive:path]    Specifies location of the SETVER.EXE file.   filename        Specifies the filename of the program.   n.nn            Specifies the MS-DOS version to be reported to the                   program.   /DELETE or /D   Deletes the version-table entry for the specified                   program.   /QUIET or /Q    Hides the message typically displayed during deletion of                   version-table entry. 

To install SETVER in memory, add the following line to Config.sys (Windows 9x/Me) or Config.nt (Windows NT/2000/XP):

 C:\Windows\Command\setver.exe