Hello Gerald!
Quoting Gerald's message:
 GM> I wish I had an answer for you.  I was bouncing alternatives off of you
 GM> in the hope that one of them would provide a solution....
I thank you for your ideas. But as Bill Drake wrote:
 BD> However, DOS 7.0 and later has the ability to use "Exclusive Mode",
 BD> which transparently rewrites CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboots
 BD> the machine using those files in place of the originals (which are
 BD> saved under different names for reversion when the exclusive-mode
 BD> DOS session is complete).
 BD> As far as I can see, the exclusive-mode operational paradigm is
 BD> incompatible with changes to the bootfile names.  Retaining
 BD> compatability with exclusive-mode may be the reason for Raymond's
 BD> problem.
So, I don't think there is going to be a solution...
 GM> Have you tried NetMail to Rex Conn?
I left him a message in 4DOS (no reply so far). Unfortunately, I cannot 
remember nor find a NetMail address for Rex Conn.
Sincerely, Raymond Beriau.
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