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title: ANSI codes in COMMAND.COM
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created: 2008-07-15 00:05:00 +0200
updated: 2008-07-15 00:05:00 +0200
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  - know-how
  - software
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To enable ANSI control codes in `command.com`, add the following line to `%SystemRoot%\system32\CONFIG.NT`:

    DEVICE=%SystemRoot%\system32\ANSI.SYS


*[ANSI]: American National Standards Institute