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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:54:33 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DOS Box clear-up
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> >I think a better way is to leave BootGUI at its non-zero setting, but 
> >introduce non-zero BootMulti and BootMenu entries.  This causes Windows 
> >to present a menu at startup for a few seconds, and you then can choose 
> >whether to boot into plain DOS or into Windows.
> 
> Can I change from "a few seconds" to wait until I select?

I don't think you can tell Windows to wait indefinitely, but you can
control how long it waits with the BootDelay parameter.  Provided that
BootMenuDefault is set to the configuration you use most often, I
think this gives you enough control.

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