Hello Gerald,
 GM> You did contribute something, I'm sure;
     I think I only made a suggestion about how to overwrite text on screen.
 GM> Don't want to change the extension to BTM...
     It would be cool if 4dos tried to load a btm before a bat.
 GM> My batch file runs in what I call the [Common] section of my
 GM> AUTOEXEC.BAT file. That is, this section runs whether I'm booting
 GM> COMMAND.COM, 4DOS, or WINDOWS
     You could have a separate 4dos section here. Say to run a btm instead
     of a bat. It is an interesting challenge to make a few batchfiles run
     under either but if they are separate they are easier to debug/maintain.
     BTW, I tried to send you a netmail but your node caused a bounce.
     here it is.
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 GM> [despite the nagscreen displayed by CHKDSK to run SCANDISK instead]
   I killed this message on msdos v6.20 years ago by using a hex editor.
   It has never caused a problem.
   Backup and unpack chkdsk.exe. (I use UNP.EXE)
   Find the beginning of the string you want to remove and
   overwrite a char0 there. not an ascii 0
   understand? Leave a 0d,0a or two before the 0. If you overwrite the
   whole text with zeros it will compress a little tighter.
Regards, Barry 
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