Newsletter N°5 of the TEAM OS/2 France (September 1996)

Heading: Tricks and easy ways
Great cleaning of summer!
Julien Villeret
The article which follows is extracted from the magazine Génération PC, which pleasantly gave the authorization to the author to diffuse them in the newsletter of the TEAM. Any reproduction of this article is PROHIBITED!
Ca is there, the summer is there! The period is favourable to set out again on good bases and to carry out a little bit of household in our houses. It does not go from there differently from our hard disks and our operating systems. OS/2 being somewhat original in the design of its system files, we will see how to pass a blow of brush without breaking crockery!
The first significant cleaning, to carry out approximately every three months if you often use your computer, it is that of the system files. Indeed, the office of WARP is based on the indications of two files to place its icons, to manage associations, to safeguard parameters, etc... The first OS2.INI is that which is handled mainly by the applications that you install. The second, OS2SYS.INI is him charged to preserve all that relates to the graphic interface with itself. Located both in C:\OS2 \, they generally have the "hidden" attribute. Indeed, if the least problem has suddenly affected one of these two files, it is the assured catastrophe. Finally it was, because from now on OS/2 integrates a system of autosaving of the office (accessible to the boot by ALT+F1 when the white rectangle is posted).
The cleaning of these two files must thus be carried out by a software specialized, capable to take all the precautions necessary to their good behaviour. More the current is INIMAINT which you will find in Shareware. Here procedure: after having launched IniMaint, open small the files and indifferently choose "User INI slips by" (which corresponds to OS2.INI) and "System INI File" (which corresponds to OS2SYS.INI). Then, go in small "the Recover" and select the option "Repair INI Files". A window entitled "Repair Files" opens then and lets appear six large buttons. Click on Execute so that the software scanne dirtinesses. If it found some, choose a backup file in "Select New Save INI Files": for example c:\OSĚNI.OLD, click on the button "C Repair" then on "Execute". Start again the same operation with the other while passing by again by small Files. You do not worry, IniMaint in general finds much error in file OS2SYS.INI. They are not dangerous for the system, but weigh down it and can make it unstable.
Veiled, large cleaning is made. Profit to review your file CONFIG.SYS and remove in the superfluous lines, relating to old null and void installations from now on. Especially seek to decrease the lines SET PATH and LIBPATH, suitable to slow down the system by useless research. Lastly, like the majority of the users of OS/2, you surely tried to start one day the system of Undelete by removing word REM in front of the variable SET DELDIR of Config.sys. Then, in front of the degradation of performances, you cracked and recommenté the line. Thus see in the repertory "Delete" created with the root. In general, a beautiful quantity of files hidden there is present. Change their attributes to make them inscribable, then do not hesitate to erase them vulgarly. It that of is always gained!
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