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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:29:08 PST7
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: pmshell corruption

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Well, that is certainly a lot easier than what I ended up doing. I printed
out your reply and put it in my red SCOUG emergency folder. Thanks

Also, I realized that I have wpsbkup program, and I think using the
wpsrest utility should probably do the same thing.

At least now I feel free to try Wordpro again. That program can give one
the heebie-jeebies. Sandy

>Sandy Shapiro wrote:
>>
>> I corrupted something so that
>> pmshell.exe will not run on boot up.

>Hi Sandy,

>I restore OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI from my latest backup. That usually
>works; if the boot still hangs I restore from an earlier backup and that
>_always_ works.

>One techie person on this list disagrees with my simple "fix" but it
>works fine here. (Hi Steven!)

>The OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI files have their System and Hidden attribute
>bits set. If you need to turn these bits off to restore the files from a
>backup, use

> CD \OS2 (on your boot drive)
> ATTRIB -S -H OS2*.INI

>Important Note Which Doesn't Apply To Your Particular Problem: When OS/2
>shuts down it writes the OS2*.INI files from a copy it holds in memory.
>Thus, if you restore the files on the same partition that you've booted
>from and then shut down, your restored files will be overwritten! You
>have two options: boot from a different partition (such as a maintenance
>partition or floppy boot) and restore the files, or don't shut down (just
>turn off the power) which will require a CHKDSK on your HPFS partitions
>when you reboot (your CONFIG.SYS AUTOCHECK can run these automatically,
>otherwise you'll be prompted to run them manually). (This doesn't apply
>to Sandy's situation because he can't boot from the partition so he
>therefore can't do a shutdown on that partition.)

>- Peter

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