RECFG.EXE
                            by David Foster

RECFG is of greatest use to hard disk users and was written to solve
the problem of certain programs requiring different settings in
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from others. As an example, you may choose
to have a large ram disk installed when using some programs, but other
programs may require the use of so much memory that there is
insufficient room for a ram disk as well. Another example would be
where programs require the installation of the ANSI.SYS screen driver,
which also has the effect of slowing down screen display so that you
might prefer not to use it normally.

RECFG does little that you could not achieve with a few batch files,
the COPY command and a press of Ctrl-Alt-Del, but what it does do is
simplify and automate the procedure. Typing RECFG will result in a list
of available configuration options, selectable with a single keypress.
On selection, the required configurations are copied to the root
directory and the program then performs a reset, to activate the new
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Alternatively, if you can remember
the name of the configuration, typing RECFG <configname> will execute
the process immediately.

INSTALLATION

1. RECFG.EXE should be located in a directory specified in the PATH in
   all AUTOEXEC.BAT files. I have a directory called SUNDRY for all such
   programs. The only requirement is that MS-DOS can find the RECFG
   program.

2. A new directory, called 'BOOT' should be created off the root
   directory and this will contain all the different configurations.

3. All the different AUTOEXEC.BAT files should be copied into the BOOT
   directory, each being renamed to suit its purpose, but with the
   suffix '.AUT'.

4. All the different CONFIG.SYS files should be copied into the BOOT
   directory, each being renamed with the same name as their matching
   '.AUT' file, but with the suffix '.CON'.

   As an example, my BOOT directory contains DOS.AUT, DOS.CON, GEM.AUT,
   GEM.CON, ANSI.AUT and ANSI.CFG, amongst other configurations.

USAGE

Typing

    RECFG

at the MS-DOS command prompt will result in a menu displaying the names
of all the available configurations. Selection is by selecting the
appropriate number or '0' to cancel. Only 9 configurations are allowed,
due to the fact that for ease and speed only a single keypress is
required, restricting you to numbers between 0 and 9. This should be
more than sufficient however!

Note that the name in the menu is obtained from the names of the '.AUT'
files but without the suffix.

Alternatively, typing

    RECFG <name>

where <name> is the name of the CON and AUT files, but without the
suffix, will execute the program without the menu appearing.