4DOS 6.01a

Even the most ardent

Windows user has to sometimes get into the dark and

dreary world of DOS. If you hate entering arcane commands

at the unhelpful DOS prompt, and would like to have an

easier way of doing things, 4DOS comes to your rescue.

This is a complete command processor replacement for DOS.

That means, you can use 4DOS as your command prompt

instead of MS DOS or the Windows 95 DOS prompt.

Using 4DOS is easy. Simply

unzip the archive into a folder on your hard disk and run

4DOS.com. The first time it runs, 4DOS goes through a

well-made text-based install routine. It can make all the

necessary changes to config.sys and autoexec.bat, if you

choose to. It will also add 4DOS shortcuts in Win 95, and

a registry patch that adds the command "4DOS Prompt

Here" for every folder.

Enhancements in 4DOS are

numerous. One of the features you will use quite often is

auto name completion. Just type the first few

letters of a file or folder and press Tab. 4DOS completes

the name automatically. If there are other files/folders

with the same initial letters, you can press Tab

repeatedly to cycle through them. This works for both

short and long filenames. Even if you don’t have Win

95, you can create long descriptions for all files and

folders.

4DOS also has a feature

called aliases. These are mnemonics for commonly used

commands that you can save. For example, you can create

an alias d=dir/p/oe, and then use just the command D

to show you directory listings pagewise sorted by

extension. You can create a large list of favorite

aliases and save them in a file that can be loaded each

time you run 4DOS. Batch language is also much more

advanced than DOS.

4DOS is a must have tool

for all those who still like to use DOS for certain

tasks. It is also an important tool for people who need

to use DOS sometimes, but don’t want to learn its

intricacies. 4DOS comes with a full-screen graphical help

system that documents everything very well.