Recommended DOS shell or menu

[ianoid]

I'm looking for a recommendation on a DOS shell or menu program I can use with a large volume I have setup using an XTide.

I have tried a few. Some limit the number of directories they read, and tend to be slow to read the directory structure all at once. Some menus don't work at all using my setup.

I would love to find one that is more tolerant to long file names- did anyone every program around that?.

I really just want to be able to navigate directories and execute files. Essentially a front end for a large volume of DOS directories.

Also need one that respects my Tandy 1000's 640K.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[vwestlife]

See this previous thread:

https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/ge...s-file-manager

I personally use StupenDOS. Version 2.x is better for XT systems than the last version (5.0).

 

[kc8eyt]

If you want to go the menu route the best DOS menu in my opinion is Microfox's HDM 4.67 Hard Drive Menu. You can download it here:

http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream04/utility/hdm467.zip

I sell CF cards on eBay with this preinstalled. You can see some screen shots here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384183048687

 

[Agent Orange]

http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream04/utility/hdm467.zip

Link blocked for me - says it's a Trojan?

 

[kc8eyt]

Link blocked for me - says it's a Trojan?

Huh? Checks out fine on my system? Norton, McAfee, and Microsoft Security Essentials found nothing. When I install on a VM F-Prot doesn't find anything either. Which anti-virus are you using so I can try?

 

[Agent Orange]

Huh? Checks out fine on my system? Norton, McAfee, and Microsoft Security Essentials found nothing. When I install on a VM F-Prot doesn't find anything either. Which anti-virus are you using so I can try?

Probably one of my Google settings.

 

[Agent Orange]

Probably one of my Google settings.

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Late edit: Malwarebytes trapped it and said it was suspected Trojan.

 

[kc8eyt]

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Late edit: Malwarebytes trapped it and said it was suspected Trojan.

Ugh, I hate Malwarebytes but I'll give it a try and see what it reports.

Update: I just scanned the file with Malwarebytes 4.4.0 (the latest) and it found nothing?

 

[Agent Orange]

Ugh, I hate Malwarebytes but I'll give it a try and see what it reports.

Update: I just scanned the file with Malwarebytes 4.4.0 (the latest) and it found nothing?

Well I'm just reporting. I could have bypassed Malwarebytes but I'm not a chance taker these days.
On he other hand it was probably okay.

 

[Shadow Lord]

If you want to go the menu route the best DOS menu in my opinion is Microfox's HDM 4.67 Hard Drive Menu. You can download it here:

http://cd.textfiles.com/cream/cream04/utility/hdm467.zip

I sell CF cards on eBay with this preinstalled. You can see some screen shots here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384183048687

I had no trouble downloading it. Scanned clean on my end. The screen shots look interesting. I may consider replacing Direct Access with it. However, this is shareware. Is there a (used) boxed version out there.