2.After you have copied the VGAMODE utility to your hard disk, it is best to include the pathname for VGAMODE and other utilities in an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. See the next section for instructions.

Adding VGAMODE to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file

For convenience in accessing VGAMODE, you can include a pathname in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Follow these steps:

1.At the MS-DOS command prompt in the root directory, type the following and press Enter:

COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT+CON AUTOEXEC.BAT

2.To set the path for the VGAMODE utility, type the following and press Enter:

PATH C:\pathname\

For instance, if you were using the default directory offered by the VGA Driver Setup program, you would type:

PATH C:\UTIL\

3. Press F6 and then Enter.

(See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for more information about pathnames.)

Using the utility

You specify values for the desired number of rows and columns by typing them on the VGAMODE command line. The command format is:

VGAMODE [columns], [rows]

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