MDGx DOS Power Toys

Essential DOS 5.00 - 8.00
Power Toys
[99.99% Free(ware)]

ALL downloads featured here are on my •MUST HAVE• list, also found in SOFTWARE.TXT, part of my ©Tricks + Secrets files, FREEware:

• Windows 9x/NTx + DOS 7.xx/8.00: W95-11D.EXE/W95-11D.ZIP

• Windows/WfWG 3.1x + DOS 6.xx: W31-11D.ZIP

IMPORTANT

Take EXTREME CAUTION when modifying/adjusting/customizing your Registry/System/Startup files/configuration/settings!
Faulty changes may result in crashes/lockups/permanent data loss, or might lead to having you REINSTALL your Operating System(s)!
YOU are the ONLY one responsible for ANY changes YOU make!
ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MOST RECENT SYSTEM BACKUP READY !
ALWAYS BACKUP FIRST !
BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES ➜ see "BACKUP/EXPORT + RESTORE/IMPORT REGISTRY/REGISTRY KEY(S)", also here (plain TXT) !
Some of these apps/programs/tools/scripts require adequate/advanced knowledge about critical computing, operating systems, shared environments, networks, cybersecurity, and other related disciplines:
- Wikipedia: Real-time computing.
- Wikipedia: Enterprise software.
- Wikipedia: Shared resource.
- Wikipedia: Computer network.
- Wikipedia: Computer security.
- Wikipedia: Network security.
FYI:
- Windows NTx (based on Windows NT) = Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016/2019/11/2022/newer.
- Windows 9x (based on Windows 95) = Windows 95/95 OSR1/95 OSR2.x/98/98 SP1/98 SE(U)/ME.
Some of these files are archived in ZIP, RAR, 7Z or CAB format ➜ you need a file decompression (unZIPping/unARChiving/unRARing) tool to extract their contents ➜ I recommend [free(ware)]:
- Windows 9x/NTx users: File Shrinkers 32-bit + 64-bit.
- Windows/WfWG 3.1x users: Info-ZIP WiZ 16-bit.
- DOS users: DOS ZIP/unZIP 16-bit tools.
STAY SAFE ➜ Scan for viruses •all• files downloaded from the Internet, and •beware• of false positives, also here (plain TXT) !
Target Operating System(s)/software/hardware REQUIRED for installing upgrades/patches/fixes/drivers!
Installing Windows OS components/upgrades/patches/fixes/drivers/tools may require you to be logged on with Administrative/Power User/Sysadmin privileges.
Windows Vista/newer users ➜ right-click each file ➜ select "Run as Administrator" (temporary fix) or disable User Account Control (UAC) (permanent fix) in:
- Windows 10/2016/2019/11/2022.
- Windows 8/2012/8.1/2012 R2.
- Windows 7/2008 R2.
- Windows Vista/2008.
User Account Control (UAC) tweaking tools [free(ware)]:
- UAC Pass.
- TweakUAC.
- Disable UAC.
FYI: MDGx tweaked + customized File Manager (FM) installer (FMNT32.EXE) (free) also installs "Disable User Account Control (UAC)" + "Enable User Account Control (UAC)" items to Desktop right-click shell context menu.
NEWest at the top ➜ OLDest at the bottom.
Items labeled as "discontinued!" ➜ obsolete, unmaintained +/- abandoned.
Most all software featured here is free(ware) ➜ Freeware, Free +/- Open Source.
I do not recommend any crippled/demo/limited/shareware/trialware/retail software, except the few essentials on my •MUST HAVE• list, and only if I could not find any free(ware) alternative.
Most unofficial Windows OSes (Hot)Fixes, Packs + Updates created using official Microsoft IEAK (INF + SED) installer toolkit (free).
Check back often for NEW tools + UPDATEs.
FYI:
Certain MDGx.com ancient/old(er), deprecated/discontinued/obsolete/unneeded, deleted/moved/renamed web pages, documents, files, directories/folders are most likely to have been archived/saved for posterity by these entities, and may still be available for free (gratis):
- Internet Archive (WayBack Machine): 2003 - 2023
- archive.today (Webpage Capture): 2014 - 2022
MDGx.com archived/saved directories/folders + all their files:
/files/ ➜ from 2021
/spx/ ➜ from 2019
/sbdrv/ ➜ from 2021
Please let me know if you discover any broken links.
Thank you for your time and patience.
Enjoy. 😎

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Essential DOS 5.00 - 8.00 Power Toys

UMBPCI + FastVid

UMBPCI: UMBPCI.SYS 16-bit native DOS upper memory manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME (freeware).
FastVid: FastVid 16-bit PCI/AGP native DOS video accelerator + similar tools for Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 + DOS [free(ware)].

DOS Operating Systems (DOSes)
DOSes: DOS Operating Systems (DOSes):
- FreeDOS FAT32 compliant (free GPL):
  Direct download [2-421 MB, right-click to save!].
  FreeDOS Software List.
  FreeDOS Live CD + Setup distro [375 MB ISO CD-ROM image].
  FreeDOS Documentation Wiki.
- Lineo (Caldera) DR-DOS 7.03 (trial shareware):
  Direct download [5.97 MB].
  EDR-DOS (Enhanced DR-DOS) Patch (free, open source).
  Unofficial DR-DOS Resources.
  (E)DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project.
- IBM PC-DOS 7.0 FAT32 compliant as part of IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1.01 (unsupported freeware, discontinued!).
  Direct download [7.62 MB].
  Use a Windows 32-bit (Win32) or Windows/WfWG 3.1x 16-bit (Win16) or DOS based unZIPping tool [mostly free(ware)] to extract all files → preserve directory structure → PC-DOS files found in the \sgdeploy\sgtk\DOS subdirectory.
- RDOS 8.8.8 FAT32 compliant, USB (UHCI), HTTP server + multitasking support (free GPL):
  Direct download [1.83 MB].
  RDOS ported Libraries, Tools, Utilities + Binaries.
MS-DOS alternatives.
Wikipedia: Disk Operating System (DOS).

Boot Manager
Boot Manager: See also "FREE Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 Boot Tweakers" for more similar tools.
Boot Manager: GRUB4DOS v0.4.4 16-bit + WINGRUB GUI v0.02 32-bit for Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 + MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 universal multi-boot loader allows switching among multiple versions of Windows + MS-DOS on same PC, GUI allows configuring GRUB from within Windows:
Direct download [801 KB, free GPL].
GRUB4DOS Current + Beta releases.
GRUB4DOS DOCumentation.
Boot Manager: YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) v0.0.4.2 OS independent multiboot USB creator creates/manages/edits multiboot USB flash drives with multiple OSes eventually containing anti-virus/disk cloning/diagnostic/etc tools, uses Syslinux to extract stored distros + GRUB to multiboot ISOs, highly customizable:
Direct download [888 KB, free GPL, open source].
XBOOT multiboot USB ISO creator (free).
SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) multiboot CD/DVD/USB builder (free).
Multiboot Tutorials (Windows).
Multiboot Tutorials (Linux).
Multiboot Tutorials (Virtual Machine).
Boot Manager: XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader) v1.1.5 16-bit DOS graphical VGA multi-OS multi-boot manager supports all flavors of DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003, Linux, BeOS + Solaris, can boot from CD/DVD drive:
Direct download [437 KB, free GPL].
Boot Manager: GAG (Graphical Boot Manager) v4.10 16-bit DOS graphical VGA multi-OS multi-boot manager supports all flavors of DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003, Linux, BeOS + Solaris, maximum 9 different OSes, highly customizable:
Direct download [1.35 MB, free GPL, English].
Boot Manager: BOOTMGR (multi-BOOT ManaGeR) v05-AUG-2012 16-bit DOS pseudo-graphical menu multi-OS multi-boot manager fits into the MBR, supports all flavors of DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 + Linux/BSD, highly customizable [17 KB, free GPL].

Virtualization: Virtual Machine (VM) Tools + Emulators
Virtualization: Virtual Machine (VM) Tools + Emulators for Windows OSes.
DOSBox: DOSBox v0.74 16-bit DOS CPU, Memory, Video, Sound + Network emulator for Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 allows to install + play old DOS games and to install + run old DOS software on all Windows PCs, highly customizable:
Direct download [1.38 MB, free GPL].
NEWer DOSBox versions may or may not work with Windows/WfWG 3.1x!
Windows/WfWG 3.1x require Microsoft Win32s 32-bit Extensions Add-on v1.30c [2.41 MB, free]!
OLD DOSBox versions.
DOSBox Portable.
DOSBox Wiki.
DOSBox front end GUIs.
DOSBox Basic Tutorial.
DOSBox Advanced Tutorial.
DOSBox Tips.
How to make old games work on Windows OSes.
Ykhwong's DOSBox runs Windows 9x with Glide32 + MT-32 support.
How to install + run Windows 98 SE from within Ykhwong's DOSBox.
How to install + run Windows 95 from within Ykhwong's DOSBox.
Gulikoza's DOSBox runs Windows 9x with Direct3D + Glide32 support.
Glide Patch for Gulikoza's DOSBox.
How to install + run Windows 98 SE from within Gulikoza's DOSBox.
Wikipedia: DOSBox.
vDos 32-bit for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 runs text mode DOS apps (free GPL).
Win31DOSBox runs Windows/WfWG 3.1x + DOS 16-bit programs from within Windows NTx 64-bit OSes, contains a bundle of drivers, programs + utilities:
Win31DOSBox [61 MB, free].
Win31DOSBox requires Windows/WfWG 3.1x SETUP disks/files!
winevdm (ported version of WineVDM 16-bit) runs Windows/WfWG 3.xx + DOS 16-bit programs from within Windows NTx 64-bit OSes:
winevdm [free, open source].
winevdm requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 (VC2017) Runtime Redistributables 32-bit for Visual Studio 2017 (VS2017) for Windows 7 SP1/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 32-bit (x86)!
JPC, JsPC, jDOSBox + JsDOSBox: JPC (Java PC) v2.4.1 cross platform Java sandbox emulator for x86 IBM PC clones, portable computers/UMPCs + portable/mobile devices/terminals allows to run DOS/FreeDOS/DR-DOS/OpenDOS/MS-DOS OS and native DOS applications + games through a virtual machine (VM) from within most modern OSes (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, Android/Chromium etc) with a modern web browser (Chrome, Chromium, WebKit, Firefox, SeaMonkey) installed, features advanced control of virtual peripherals + software libraries, multiple security layers to prevent malware/spyware from invading host OS, highly customizable:
Direct download [3.91 MB, free GPL].
Requires:
Host OS: Windows (retail), Linux (free), MacOS X (retail), Android/Chromium (free) etc.
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Java Standard Edition (Java SE) 32-bit (freeware).
Modern Chrome, Chromium, WebKit, Firefox, SeaMonkey 32-bit web browser [(free(ware)].
DOS games running from within modern web browser (Firefox, Chrome) using JPC (Java).
JsPC (JavaScript PC) emulator (free GPL) uses jDOSBox (free GPL) Java port for DOSBox and JsDOSBox (free GPL) JavaScript port for jDOSBox.
JsDOSBox games demos.
JsDOSBox apps demos.
DOSBox (free GPL).
Wikipedia: JPC (emulator).
PCem: PCem v0.5 16-bit DOS emulator for AMI, Amstrad, AT, XT, IBM, Schneider, Sinclair + Tandy PC clones, features 640 KB → 15 MB RAM, 2 floppy drives, 2 hard drives, CGA/MDA/Hercules/EGA/VGA/SVGA video, Sound Blaster/GameBlaster/GUS audio + mouse, runs native DOS/MS-DOS/DR-DOS/OpenDOS/FreeDOS + bootable platform games/apps, highly customizable:
Direct download [850 KB, freeware].

Windows ME (WinME) Patch
WinME DOS Patch: Unofficial Windows ME Me2Dos Patch v1.03 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS files (Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT work from a Windows DOS session:
Direct download [315 KB, freeware].
WinME DOS Patch: Unofficial Windows ME Real DOS-Mode Patch v1.3 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS files (Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT work from a Windows DOS session:
Direct download [9 KB, freeware].
HowTo Guide.
More info.
See MEMORY.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS memory.
WinME DOS Patch: Unofficial Windows ME Realdos Fix v1.3 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS files (Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT work from a Windows DOS session [201 KB, freeware].
See MEMORY.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS memory.
WinME DOS Patch: Unofficial Windows ME Dosfix v3.0 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS files (Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT work from a Windows DOS session:
Direct download [474 KB, freeware].
See MEMORY.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS memory.

Windows 95B/95C OSR2 Patch
OSR2 Fix: Unofficial Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SE OSR2FIX v1.57 includes:
- HIMEM.BUG [OSR 2.0/OSR 2.1]: International (other than U.S. English) IO.SYS + HIMEM.SYS Memory Leak Fix.
- DUALBOOT.BUG [OSR 2.x]: Dual-Boot with MS-DOS 6.xx Fix.
- WIN3X.BUG [95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SE]: enable Windows/WfWG 3.1x install/run under MS-DOS 7.xx + FAT32 Fix.
Direct download [30 KB, freeware].
See "IO.SYS FIX" and "DUAL-BOOT IN OSR2/WIN98", both also in OSR2TIPS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE), for more details.
OSR2 Fix: Unofficial OSR2DOS6 v1.01 DOS TSR correctly implements the dual-boot feature on OSR 2.x systems to enable the use of MS-DOS 6.xx as "Previous Operating System" without modifying IO.SYS:
Direct download [8 KB, freeware].
See "DUAL-BOOT IN OSR2/WIN98", also in OSR2TIPS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE), for more details.
OSR2 Fix: OSR2CFIX v1.00 16-bit for Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x/98/98 SE patches Microsoft COMMAND.COM to allow programs compiled with Borland C Compiler to execute properly [18 KB, freeware].
OSR2 Fix: Dos Fix v1.1009 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and Windows 9x/ME [10 KB, free] patches Microsoft COMMAND.COM to display files in hidden directories using the DIR command.
OSR2 Fix: IO Patch v1.4 16-bit for Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x/98/98 SE [37 KB, freeware] patches Microsoft IO.SYS to allow using it on creating bootable CD-ROM/floppy images.
JO.SYS v1.4 16-bit for Windows 98/98 SE patches Microsoft IO.SYS to allow proper delay/schedule when booting from bootable CD-ROMs/floppies:
Direct download [25 KB, freeware].
Bootable Windows 98/98 SE floppy Boot Sector Fix [16 KB, free].

Memory Manager
Memory Manager: UMBPCI.SYS 16-bit native DOS upper memory manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME (freeware).
Memory Manager: Microsoft Windows 98 SE + MS-DOS 7.10 HIMEM.SYS v3.95 [Extended (XMS)] + EMM386.EXE v4.95 [Expanded (EMS) + Upper (UMA)] 16-bit DOS mode memory managers for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.x/9x/ME [56 KB, free].
Windows 98, 98 SE + ME include both these files!
A MUST for ALL MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.x/9x/ME users!
Work with UMBPCI.SYS (freeware).
See MEMORY.TXT, EMM386.TXT + REGIONS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE and W31-11D.ZIP) for comprehensive memory management guidelines.
Memory Manager: Jemm386.EXE + JemmEx.EXE v5.78 [both Extended (XMS) + Expanded (EMS) and JemmEx.EXE Upper (UMA)] 16-bit Drivers DOS mode memory managers for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, Windows 3.x/9x/ME, FreeDOS + DR-DOS/OpenDOS, include:
- JLOAD.EXE Jemm extension for loading JLMs (Jemm Loadable Modules);
- XDMA32.DLL 32-bit protected PIO/U(ltra)ATA/U(ltra)DMA Hard Disk Driver allows up to 4 PIO/UATA/UDMA Hard Disks;
- XCDROM32.DLL 32-bit protected PIO/U(ltra)ATA/U(ltra)DMA CD/DVD Driver allows up to 4 PIO/UATA/UDMA CD/DVD Drives:
Direct download [92 KB, free GPL].
JEMM386 ReadMe.
Examples of CONFIG.SYS lines:
DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\JEMMEX.EXE I=B000-B7FF A20 D=256 RAM VCPI XMSHANDLES=128
DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\JLOAD.EXE C:\DRIVERS\XDMA32.DLL
DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\JLOAD.EXE C:\DRIVERS\XCDROM32.DLL /D:MYCDROM
Works with UMBPCI.SYS (freeware).
Memory Manager: HimemX.EXE v3.34 16-bit Driver Extended (XMS) DOS memory manager, improved Microsoft HIMEM.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.x/9x/ME, abides by XMS 3.0 standard, compatible with UMBPCI.SYS, FreeDOS, DR-DOS/OpenDOS etc:
Direct download [41 KB, free, open source].
HIMEMX ReadMe.
Example of CONFIG.SYS line:
DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\HIMEMX.EXE /NUMHANDLES=128 /TESTMEM:OFF
HimemX.EXE is a necessary HIMEM.SYS replacement for using Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME with > 1 GB of RAM.
Works with UMBPCI.SYS (freeware).

Other/Miscellaneous Tools
NoOff v1.4 16-bit DOS TSR prevents computer power off by disabling BIOS ACPI "soft-off" function forcing Windows 95/OSR2/98/98 SE to exit to native MS-DOS upon shut down on ATX motherboards:
Direct download [279 B, freeware, right-click to save!].
NOOFF.COM uses 336 Bytes of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Does NOT work with Windows ME!
See "WIN98 ATX SHUT DOWN FIX", also in TIPS98.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE), for details.
Unofficial Windows/WfWG 3.1x/95/98/ME + MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 DOS Help System HELP.HLP Update [English]:
- NEW 2020 DOS Help System [606 KB, ZIP].
  Thank you Wendy!
- OLD 2005 DOS Help System [1.2 MB, ZIP].
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Supplemental Disk includes MS DOSShell (DOSSHELL.EXE) files for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME:
Direct download [762 KB, free].
More info.
MS-DOS 6.22 required to use most Supplemental files!
MS-DOS 5.00/6.xx or Windows 95/98/ME required to use DOSShell!
See "MS DOSSHELL = MS-DOS File Manager" in DOSTIPS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE and W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
Microsoft Old MS-DOS 6.xx Backup Tool (MSBACKUP.EXE) for Windows 9x/ME is included with MS-DOS 6.00 - 6.22:
Direct download [558 KB, free].
More info.
Microsoft Old MS-DOS 6.22 Utilities for MS-DOS 6.xx and Windows 9x/ME include UNDELETE.EXE:
Direct download [836 KB, free].
Some Old Utilities work ONLY with MS-DOS 6.22!
See "GOOD OL' UNDELETE", also in MYTIPS95.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE) and in MYTIPS31.TXT (part of W31-11D.ZIP), for UNDELETE.EXE details.
UNDELETE.COM v0.83 beta 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME recovers deleted files if deleted clusters still intact, supports FAT32 [9 KB, freeware].
Real Delete v1.05 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME safely and completely deletes sensitive data by securely overwriting it with unrecoverable patterns:
Direct download [18 KB, freeware for personal use].
Uses 2 KB of DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Scorch 1.03 for DOS:
Direct download [18 KB, freeware for personal use].
MeanDisk v2.1 16-bit DOS bootable floppy diskette OS independent safely + completely deletes sensitive data by securely (re)formatting the FAT16/FAT32 hard disk/partition + overwriting the MBR:
Direct download [167 KB, free].
Q&D Tools Package 16-bit (real mode DOS) for DOS/MS-DOS/Novell DOS/FreeDOS + 32-bit (DOS console) for Windows 9x/NTx contains a long list of essential + useful DOS command line utilities (see readme.txt for details), and some are part of the Ultimate Boot CD:
Direct download [26 MB, freeware].
Q&D Tools ReadMe.
Q&D Tools also here.
Ultimate Boot CD.

4DOS
4DOS: 4DOS v8.00 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft COMMAND.COM + command line environment (shell) replacement for MS-DOS 3/4/5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.x/9x/ME:
Direct download [803 KB, free, open source].
OLD 4DOS 7.50 [774 KB, free, open source].
4DOS Info.

Other/Miscellaneous Tools (continued)...
Microsoft Win95Cmd.exe v4.10 32-bit improved DOS box replacement for Windows 9x/ME emulates Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 CMD.EXE command prompt box, part of Windows 2000 Software Developers Kit (SDK):
Direct download [301 KB, free].
CMD ReactOS [free GPL].
CONsize [free GPL].
DOSMAX v2.1 16-bit DOS Memory Management + Enhancement Tools (ENVIMAX.COM, SHELLMAX.COM + DOSMAX.EXE) for MS-DOS 5/6 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x moves BUFFERS, FILES, FCBS, STACKS, LASTDRIVE + COMMAND.COM environment to upper memory, freeing up to 100 KB of conventional (low) DOS memory:
Direct download [83 KB, no nag shareware].
MUST HAVE!
See MEMORY.TXT (part of W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
FIX27.COM v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [1 KB, free] reclaims environment memory blocks from TSRs already loaded in RAM.
Uses 194 Bytes of DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Creative Labs CTLOAD.COM v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [23 KB, free] loads CONFIG.SYS specific devices/drivers/TSRs from the DOS prompt or from AUTOEXEC.BAT without need for reboot.
Useful for DOS apps/games that do NOT run from a Windows 3.1x/9x/ME DOS box/session: exit Windows to native MS-DOS and load your drivers in upper RAM with CTLOAD using LOADHIGH (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Similar DOS mode driver "loaders" (free):
- LOADSYS.EXE [78 KB].
- DEVLOAD.COM [32 KB].
- DEVLOAD.EXE [6 KB].
  More info.
- DRVLOAD.COM [3 KB].
WRAPPER + FIXWRAP
WRAPPER + FIXWRAP: WRAPPER.SYS v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [17 KB, no nag shareware] loads almost ANY program/TSR as DEVICE(HIGH) from CONFIG.SYS.
Useful for saving low DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Example (generic):
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOSTOOLS\WRAPPER.SYS C:\PROGRAMS\PROGRAM.EXE /program_params
BUG: WRAPPER.SYS may lock up your computer if using Windows 95/98/ME!
FIX: Get FIXWRAP.SYS for MS-DOS 7/8 + Windows 9x/ME:
FIXWRAP.SYS 1.0 [4 KB, free].
How to use FIXWRAP.SYS:
Add this as the first line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):
DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS ON
Then add this as the last line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):
DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS OFF
Reboot for the changes to take effect.
FIXWRAP.SYS Technical details.
FIXWRAP.SYS MSFN Forum.

Other/Miscellaneous Tools (continued)...
CONFIX.SYS v1.0 16-bit DOS tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME loads DOS (batch) commands: PAUSE, ECHO, REM, PRINTSCR + CLS, lock keys commands: NUMLOCK, CAPSLOCK + SCROLLLOCK, video and memory access commands early in the boot process from CONFIG.SYS [10 KB, free].
Uses no memory.
BAT2EXEC.COM v1.5 16-bit DOS batch file compiler [34 KB, free] for MS-DOS 5/6 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME converts any DOS batch (.BAT) text/ASCII file to binary (.COM) executable for faster execution and/or to hide the purpose of converted batch.

RAM Disk
RAM Disk: XMS/EMS RAMdisk v1.9i 16-bit DOS TSR [74 KB, freeware] or XMS/EMS RAMdisk v1.9i with installer/uninstaller for Windows 9x/ME [114 KB, freeware] improved Microsoft RAMDRIVE.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME.
Creates, loads + resizes RAM drive (up to 2 GB) from AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS or native MS-DOS.
Does NOT shift drive letters.
Includes 2 separate drivers:
- XMSDSK.EXE = loads in extended RAM (requires an upper/extended memory manager like HIMEM.SYS in CONFIG.SYS).
- EMSDSK.EXE = loads in expanded RAM (requires EMM386.EXE with the "RAM" switch or any other 3rd party expanded memory manager in CONFIG.SYS).
Uses 688 Bytes of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS). Example using E as RAM drive letter:
LH C:\RAMDISK\XMSDSK 32768 E: /C1 /T /Y
/T = use extended (XMS) RAM from top in a contiguous block: A MUST!
IMPORTANT: /T MUST be used with ANY 16 MB or larger RAM disk, otherwise Windows 95/98/ME does NOT properly initialize IOS (Input Output Subsystem) and RMM (Real Mode Mapper) fails to load. As a consequence LFNs (Long File Names) support will be DISABLED on the RAM disk.
See "BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY", also in REGISTRY.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE), for more info.
RAM Disk: SRDisk (ReSizable RAMDisk) v2.09c 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft RAMDRIVE.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS]:
Direct download [67 KB, free GPL].
Creates, loads + resizes RAM drive (up to available RAM amount) from AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS or native MS-DOS.
Shifts drive letters.
Includes 2 separate drivers:
- SRDXMS.SYS = loads in extended RAM (requires an upper/extended memory manager in CONFIG.SYS).
- SRDEMS.SYS = loads in expanded RAM (requires EMM386.EXE with the "RAM" switch or any other 3rd party expanded memory manager in CONFIG.SYS).
SRDISK.EXE resizes/uninstalls RAM drive(s) from AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS or native MS-DOS.
Uses 1 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in CONFIG.SYS or LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS). Example:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\RAMDISK\SRDXMS.SYS
INSTALL=C:\RAMDISK\SRDISK.EXE 32768

Other/Miscellaneous Tools (continued)...
NANSI.SYS v4.0d 16-bit DOS ANSI CONsole Driver Accelerator TSR fastest and most versatile Microsoft ANSI.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME with built-in support for key remapping [also part of FreeDOS]:
Direct download [63 KB, free GPL].
Uses 3.2 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in CONFIG.SYS (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
NANSI.SYS ASCII sequences can be used to create colorful DOS prompts, start ANY DOS/Windows program at the touch of a key by remapping ANY keys on ANY 101 (or more keys) enhanced keyboard etc.
See "F1-F12 Remapping = MS-DOS Mode + ANSI Driver" in DOSTIPS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
ANSI.COM v1.3L 16-bit DOS ANSI CONsole Driver Accelerator TSR [42 KB, free] fast and versatile Microsoft ANSI.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME with built-in support for key remapping, loads from AUTOEXEC.BAT or DOS prompt.
Uses 2.7 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
ANSI.COM ASCII sequences can be used to create colorful DOS prompts, start ANY DOS/Windows program at the touch of a key by remapping ANY keys on ANY 101 (or more keys) enhanced keyboard etc.
See "F1-F12 Remapping = MS-DOS Mode + ANSI Driver" in DOSTIPS.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
MEM.EXE v1.11 16-bit DOS mode memory viewer improved Microsoft MEM.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS], highly customizable:
Direct download [88 KB, free GPL].
MOVE.EXE v3.3a 16-bit DOS mode files + directories moving tool improved Microsoft MOVE.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS], highly customizable:
Direct download [38 KB, free GPL].
RECALL.COM v1.2c 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line editor and history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [37 KB, public domain].
Uses 2.5 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
CMDEDIT v3.21 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line, application, directory, macro editor and history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, supports LFNs, loads itself high if UMA available, highly customizable:
Direct download [163 KB, freeware].
Uses 9 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded from AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
DOSKEY.COM v2.5 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line editor and history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [10 KB, freeware].
Uses 3.9 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
DR XCOPY (XCOPY.EXE) v1.4 16-bit files + directories copy tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [26 KB, free, open source].
XCOPY.EXE v1.4a 16-bit files + directories copy tool improved Microsoft XCOPY.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS], highly customizable:
Direct download [54 KB, free GPL].
XXCOPY16.EXE 16-bit + XXCOPY.EXE 32-bit + 64-bit files + directories copy tools improved Microsoft XCOPY.EXE 16-bit + XCOPY32.EXE 32-bit replacements for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 (native DOS mode) + Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 (DOS console), highly customizable (freeware for personal use):
- XXCOPY 3.21.5 32-bit for DOS console + Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 32-bit (x86) + 64-bit for Windows XP Professional/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 64-bit (x64) [3.1 MB].
- XXCOPY 2.96.5 16-bit for native DOS + Windows/WfWG 3.1x + 32-bit for Windows 95/98/ME [1.13 MB].
XXCOPY.EXE is LFNs compliant ONLY from inside Windows 32-bit (Win32) GUI!
XXCOPY Online Manual.
XXCOPY FAQ.
XXCOPY HTML Help (CHM) [890 KB].
XCLONE.EXE v1.3 16-bit [21 KB, freeware] DOS disk, directory + file copy for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, LFNs compliant within Windows, highly customizable.
LOCATE.COM v1.31 16-bit DOS directory + file locator for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME finds ANY file/directory ANYwhere, even on remote/removable drives:
Direct download [86 KB, free GPL].
ATTR.EXE v1.4 32-bit improved Win32 DOS console/box Microsoft ATTRIB.EXE replacement for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003, highly customizable:
Direct download [52 KB, free GPL].
ATTRIB.COM v1.09b 16-bit improved Microsoft ATTRIB.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [44 KB, free GPL].
ATTRIB.COM v2.1 16-bit [25 KB, free GPL] improved Microsoft ATTRIB.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable.
XRDR.EXE (native DOS) + XRDW.EXE (Win32 console) (eXtended Remove Directory) v3.07 16-bit (DOS) + 32-bit (Windows) improved Microsoft DELTREE.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 deletes entire/selected directories/subdirectories/files even if hidden/read-only/system/compressed (NTFS), supports LFNs (Long File Names) in Windows 32-bit, wildcards, FAT32, NTFS, highly customizable:
Direct download [232 KB, freeware].
ZIP archive includes Delen (DELENR + DELENW) + Wipe (WIPER + WIPEW) tools.
DELTREE.COM v1.02f 16-bit improved Microsoft DELTREE.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [36 KB, free GPL].
DCOPY.EXE v2.8 16-bit improved Microsoft DISKCOPY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [39 KB, freeware].
CHOICE.EXE v4.4 16-bit improved Microsoft CHOICE.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [19 KB, free GPL].
FIND.COM v3.0a 16-bit improved Microsoft FIND.EXE replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, highly customizable:
Direct download [95 KB, free GPL].

DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI)
DPMI: Real Mode DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) Host (DOS extender) required by protected mode DOS based programs + games to access + use extended memory (XMS) from native/real/true/pure DOS/MS-DOS:
- DOS/32 (DOS32A.EXE) 9.1.2:
  Direct download [211 KB, free GPL].
- CWS/DPMI (CWSDPMI.EXE) r7b:
  Direct download [70 KB, free GPL], also here.
- DOS/4GW (DOS4GW.EXE) 1.97 [260 KB, royalty free].
  More info.
- DOS4G (DOS4G.EXE) 2.61 [114 KB, free GPL].
- HX DOS Extender: HDPMI Server (HXRT) + HDPMI GUI (HXGUI):
  Direct download [322 KB + 374 KB, free].
- DPMIONE (DPMIONE.EXE) 0.91:
  Direct download [61 KB, free for non-commercial use].
Image + Logo
Image + Logo: PictView v1.94 16-bit DOS Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, very fast and accurate, supports most popular formats: BMP, CDR, CLP, CUR, CUT, DIB, FLC, FLI, GIF, ICO, IMG, JIF, JPG, LBM, MAC, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, PNG, PSD, RAW, RLE, SGI, TGA, TIF, WPG etc:
Direct download [105 KB, freeware, English].
PictView can be used to display a full screen [any VGA/(X)SVGA mode up to 1600x1200 screen resolution, even in true color: 16 million colors] picture, whenever you load Windows from a batch file, replacing the Windows default startup/built-in (read "boring") logo.
Requires VESA 2.0/3.0 compliant video card and multiscan monitor.
See NEWLOGO.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
Image + Logo: Ombra v7.23 16-bit DOS Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, very fast and accurate, supports popular formats: BMP, GIF, PCX, RAW, TGA:
Direct download [96 KB, freeware].
Ombra can be used to display a full screen [any VGA/(X)SVGA mode up to 1600x1200 screen resolution, even in true color: 16 million colors] picture, whenever you load Windows from a batch file, replacing the Windows default startup/built-in (read "boring") logo.
Requires VESA 2.0/3.0 compliant video card and multiscan monitor.
See NEWLOGO.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
Image + Logo: DOS 16-bit graphics viewers + conversion tools [free(ware)]:
- ShowJPG 2.81:
  Direct download [22 KB].
- Dvpeg 3.0L:
  Direct download [153 KB, open source].
- MultiMedia (MM) Viewer/Player 1.66:
  Direct download [651 KB].
See NEWLOGO.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.
Image + Logo: ZiPaper v1.3c 16-bit DOS mode wallpaper changer for Windows 3.1x/9x/ME desktop [40 KB, nag shareware] extracts each time a different wallpaper (.BMP format) from a ZIP archive, allowing Windows to display a NEW background picture every time it starts.
Requires PKUNZIP.EXE (see below).
See NEWLOGO.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for details.

ZIP/unZIP
ZIP/unZIP: PKWare (PKZIP.EXE + PKUNZIP.EXE) v2.50 16-bit + 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tools for MS-DOS 4/5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012, LFNs compliant ONLY in a Windows 95/98/ME DOS box/console/window:
Direct download [203 KB, no nag shareware].
ZIP/unZIP: Doszip Commander v2.18 16-bit + 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping front end GUI interface + command line tools for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 DOS box/console [also part of FreeDOS] supports ZIP compression format, LFNs compliant only from within DOS box/console, highly customizable:
Direct download [92 KB, free GPL].
ZIP/unZIP: 7-Zip v15.09 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, FreeDOS/DR-DOS/OpenDOS + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/ME DOS box/console [also part of FreeDOS] supports most popular compression formats: ZIP, 7Z, RAR, CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZ2, TAR, CPIO + RPM, highest ZIP compression ratio (2-10% better than most other ZIPpers) otherwise attainable only by ACE/CAB/RAR/UHARC archiving formats, LFNs compliant, highly customizable:
7ZA.EXE [554 KB, free GPL].
Requires CWSDPMI.EXE DPMI DOS extender [70 KB, free GPL], also here!
DOSLFN (free, open source) required for Long Files Names (LFNs) support in native DOS/FreeDOS/MS-DOS!
7zdec 16-bit 7-Zip archive command line extractor for DOS:
7zdec [105 KB, free open source].
ZIP/unZIP: Info-ZIP ZIP.EXE v2.32 + UNZIP.EXE v6.00 16-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tools for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 DOS box/console [also part of FreeDOS] support ZIP compression format, LFNs compliant only from within DOS box/console, highly customizable (free):
- ZIP.EXE 2.32 [347 KB].
- UNZIP.EXE 6.00 [347 KB].
ZIP/unZIP: cabextract v1.4 16-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tool for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 DOS box/console [also part of FreeDOS] supports CAB compression format:
Direct download [105 KB, free GPL].
ZIP/unZIP: LZMA Utils v4.32.7 16-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tools for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS] supports popular compression formats: 7Z, LZMA, GZIP, BZ2, uses 7Z (7-Zip) compression format:
Direct download [230 KB, free GPL].
More info.
ZIP/unZIP: Ldzip v2.27 16-bit for MS-DOS 4/5/6/7/8 with 32-bit port for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 creates ZIP archives + self extracting Win32 EXE ZIPs, supports LFNs in native DOS, FAT16, FAT32 + NTFS:
Direct download [64 KB, freeware].
Requires NTFSDos or LFN/NT to access NTFS drives/partitions/volumes!
ZIP/unZIP: Lzip 16-bit + 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping command line tool for native DOS/FreeDOS/MS-DOS + Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 creates LZMA (LZ) archives, supports LFNs (free GPL):
- Lzip v1.11 32-bit for Windows 9x/NTx [143 KB].
- Lzip v1.9 16-bit for native DOS/FreeDOS/MS-DOS [198 KB].
DOSLFN (free, open source) required for Long Files Names (LFNs) support in native DOS/FreeDOS/MS-DOS!
Lzip Online Manual.

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
GUI: Necromancer's DOS Navigator (NDN) v2.31.5222 32-bit + 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional mouse driven menu shell and file manager with FAT32 + Long File Names (LFNs) support for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + Linux (freeware):
- NDN 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 [1.26 MB].
- NDN 16-bit (DPMI) for DOS + Windows 9x/ME [1.37 MB].
NDN Add-ons + Tools.
GUI: DOS Start! v1.9b build 9.2.2002 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional mouse driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME:
Direct download [375 KB, no nag shareware].
GUI: Dos Navigator v6.40 16-bit text mode multifunctional multiwindowed mouse driven menu shell and file manager for DOS/Windows, OS/2 and Unix/Linux: Text Editor, Archive Manager, Serial Link, Spreadsheet, Calculator, Physical Disk Editor, Terminal with Phonebook, Floppy Disk Formatter, Environment Editor, File Uneraser, CD Player, Disk Image Unpacker, SmartPad and Tetris:
Direct download [850 KB, free, open source].
GUI: Seal v2.00.11 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional mouse driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME: calculator, clock, editor, disc commander, CD + sound players, image viewer, offline browser, wallpapers, config tools etc:
Direct download [1.39 MB, free GPL].
GUI: Desktop 2 v2.62 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional multiwindowed mouse driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME: Calculator, CD Player, Screen Savers, Config Tool etc:
Direct download [567 KB, free GPL, English].
GUI: Spectra v1.0 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional multiwindowed mouse driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME: ZIP/LHA/ARJ/RAR/PAK (de)compression manager, config tool, skins etc (free GPL):
- Spectra [1.18 MB = INSTALL 1st!].
- Desktop [199 KB = INSTALL 2nd!].
GUI: Graphic Vision File Manager (GVFM) v2.53 16-bit graphical SVGA multiwindowed mouse driven Windows File Manager (FM) style for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows/WfWG 3.1x/9x/ME: 3D interface, supports LFNs only inside Win9x/ME DOS box, built-in text editor, calculator + calendar, Start Menu allows to create links/shortcuts to files, highly customizable:
Direct download [711 KB, freeware].

Text (.TXT) Editor
Text Editor: M-Edit v2.2 32-bit DOS graphical SVGA text/ASCII editor with mouse support improved Microsoft EDIT.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME, opens large files, highly customizable (freeware):
Direct download [483 KB].
OLD M-Edit v1.80 [238 KB].
Text Editor: EDIT.EXE v0.9a 16-bit DOS EGA/VGA text/ASCII editor with mouse support improved Microsoft EDIT.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [also part of FreeDOS]:
Direct download [101 KB, free GPL].
Text Editor: HT Editor v2.0.22 16-bit (OLDer versions) for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, FreeDOS + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME and 32-bit (NEWer versions) for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012, GNU/Linux + FreeBSD/OpenBSD text/file/hex editor/viewer/analyzer for ASCII/HTML/binary/executable files + IDE, includes debugger, NO mouse support, highly customizable:
Direct download [1.82 MB, free GPL].

Keyboard
Keyboard: HyperKey v4.70 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft MODE.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME accelerates keyboard response tremendously in ALL DOS modes, highly customizable [15 KB, no nag shareware].
Uses up to 3 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
See "Killer Replacements" in MEMORY.TXT (part of W95-11D.EXE + W31-11D.ZIP) for more info.
Keyboard: KBFIX2.COM v3.0 16-bit DOS TSR [11 KB, public domain] improved Microsoft MODE.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME accelerates keyboard response tremendously in ALL DOS modes, highly customizable.
Uses up to 3 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Keyboard: FASTBF26.COM v2.6 16-bit DOS TSR [33 KB, public domain] improved Microsoft MODE.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME accelerates keyboard response tremendously in ALL DOS modes, highly customizable.
Uses up to 1.8 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

Long File Names (LFNs)
LFN: DOSLFN v0.41c Long File Names (LFNs) DOS mode TSR 16-bit for DOS, FreeDOS, MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME supports FAT32, Unicode and Joliet CDs/DVDs, includes LOWDMA and FastOpen cache, highly customizable:
Direct download [299 KB, free, open source], also here.
Requires SHSUCDX for CD-ROM/DVD-ROM support!
Uses 8-12 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Load LOWDMA.SYS after UMBPCI.SYS in CONFIG.SYS to fix ISA DMA errors in native MS-DOS.
Original DOSLFN v0.32o [291 KB, freeware].
OLD LFNDOS DOS mode TSR 16-bit [24 KB].
LFN Emulators for DOS + WinNT.
LFN: LFN (Long File Name) DOS Tools v1.79 16-bit for MS-DOS 6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME: LCOPY, LDIR, LCD, LDEL, LCHK, LREN, LMD + LRD work in a Windows DOS box, FAT32 + LFNs compliant:
Direct download [278 KB, free GPL, English].
LFNDIR [38 KB, freeware].
LFN: LDOS (LFNs DOS) Tools v1.01 16-bit for MS-DOS 6/7/8 + Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003: LCD, LCP, LDIR, LMV + LREN work in a Windows DOS box, FAT32 + LFNs compliant [728 KB, freeware].
LFN: InkUtils Suite v1.53 16-bit for MS-DOS 6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME include 11 DOS utilities with LFN and FAT32 support: Cache Control (CC), Critical Error (CE), Delete Directory (DD), Description Editor (DEDIT), Divide by Zero (DZ), Evaluate Expression (EE), Fast Mouse (FM), List Executables (LE), Make/Change Directory (MCD), Text Mode (TM) and a graphical tool menu:
Direct download [256 KB, freeware].

Other/Miscellaneous Tools (continued)...
IconDLL v2.0 16-bit [9 KB, public domain] for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME compresses up to 600 individual .ICO files (32x32 pixels 16 colors Windows icons ONLY!) into a single 16-bit (NOT compatible with Windows Vista/2008/7 in default mode!) .DLL library compatible with Windows 3.x/9x/NT/2000/XP/2003.
Pro200 v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME fixes "Runtime error 200" BUG caused by programs written in Borland Pascal on x86 CPUs faster than 200 MHz:
Direct download [68 KB, freeware].
Uses 1 KB of upper DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Similar solutions [free(ware)]:
- TpPatch command line for DOS:
  Direct download [10 KB].
- TpPatchWin front end GUI for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 + TpPatch command line for DOS [142 KB].
- PatchCRT:
  Direct download [31 KB].

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