Editing CONFIG.SYS (section)

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;{{anchor|NOCHAR}} {{mono|1=NOCHAR}} {{nobold|(DR-DOS 7.02 and higher only)}} : Specifies the default No ({{keypress|N}}) character in Yes/No/Resume questions.<ref name="Paul_1997_OD-A3"/><ref name="Paul_2000_CONFIG"/><ref name="Paul_2004_YESCHAR"/>)
;{{anchor|NUMLOCK}} {{mono|1=NUMLOCK}} {{nobold|(DOS 6.0 and Novell DOS 7 and higher)}} : Specifies whether the keyboard [[Num Lock|{{keypress|Num Lock}}]] status is turned on or off.
;{{anchor|ONERROR}} {{mono|1=ONERROR}} {{nobold|(DR&nbsp;DOS 6.0 and higher only)}} : Conditional execution depending on last return code/error status only, f.e. {{code|2=bat|ONERROR > 0 GOTO failload}} or {{code|2=dosbatch|1=ONERROR > 10 ONERROR <> 17 ONERROR <= 30 ECHO Error 11-16 or 18-30 occurred}}.<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/>
;{{anchor|PAUSE}} {{mono|1=PAUSE}} {{nobold|(PTS-DOS only)}} : Similar to {{mono|1=ECHO}} and {{mono|1=GETKEY}} under DR-DOS, displays a text and waits for a key press.
;{{anchor|PAUSEONERROR}} {{mono|1=PAUSEONERROR}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Specifies if user must acknowledge errors in CONFIG.SYS.
;{{anchor|PRINTMONBUFSIZE|PRINTMONBUFFER}} {{mono|PRINTMONBUFSIZE}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Configures buffer size for LPT1, LPT2, LPT3.
;{{anchor|PC}} {{mono|1=PC}} {{nobold|(PTS-DOS only)}} : Conditional execution on PC-compatible machines only.
;{{anchor|PRIORITY}} {{mono|1=PRIORITY}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Configures priority scheduler.
;{{anchor|PRIORITY_DISK_IO}} {{mono|PRIORITY_DISK_IO}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Configures priority of programs using disk I/O.
;{{anchor|PRN}} {{mono|1=PRN}} {{nobold|(DR-DOS 7.02 and higher only)}}: Changes internal default printer device driver ({{mono|1=LPT1}} to {{mono|1=LPT3}}, or even {{mono|1=LPT4}}) for PRN device.<ref name="Paul_1997_OD-A3"/>
;{{anchor|PROTECTONLY}} {{mono|1=PROTECTONLY}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Specifies if DOS programs can be run or not.
;{{anchor|PROTSHELL}} {{mono|1=PROTSHELL}} {{nobold|(OS/2<ref group="nb" name="since2"/> only)}} : Loads user interface.
;{{anchor|PS1}} {{mono|PS1}} {{nobold|(PTS-DOS only)}} : Conditional execution on [[IBM PS/1|PS/1]]-compatible machines only.
;{{anchor|PS2}} {{mono|PS2}} {{nobold|(PTS-DOS only)}} : Conditional execution on [[IBM PS/2|PS/2]]-compatible machines only.
;{{anchor|QUIET}} {{mono|1=QUIET}} {{nobold|(PTS-DOS and DRMK only)}} : Mutes display output send to STDOUT.