MS DOS Command: NUMLOCK

Reference from Microsoft MS-DOS cmd help

Description

Specifies whether the NUM LOCK key is set to ON or OFF when your computer starts. You can use this command only in your CONFIG.SYS file.

Syntax

Parameters

Related Commands

The NUMLOCK command is one of six special CONFIG.SYS commands for defining startup menus and multiple configurations. The other commands are:

• The MENUCOLOR command, which defines the color of the menu's text and screen background.
• The MENUITEM command, which defines an item on the menu.
• The MENUDEFAULT command, which specifies the default menu item.
• The SUBMENU command, which defines a submenu.
• The INCLUDE command, which includes the contents of one configuration block in another. This command cannot be included in a menu block.

For an overview of the procedure for defining multiple configurations, see the topic Commands for Defining Multiple Configurations

Examples

To ensure that NUM LOCK is always ON when the startup menu appears, include the following command in the [MENU] block.

For example, the following menu block defines three menu items, sets the default item to "full_config," and sets NUM LOCK to ON:

• [menu]
• menuitem=base_config,Base configuration only
• menuitem=full_config,Normal configuration
• menuitem=network,Normal configuration with network
• menudefault=full_config
• numlock=on