Adddrv - DOS/Command Prompt Reference
[MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/Me] Reads a file containing ‘device’ or ‘devicehigh’ commands, and loads the devices specified in that file.
Syntax
adddrv[.exe] <file-name>
| <file-name> | Specifies the file name containing ‘device’ or ‘devicehigh’ commands, which loads the device. |
Details
This command is used to dynamically load device files (character device drivers) that were not loaded in ‘config.sys’.
To unload drivers loaded by this command, you can use Deldrv.
Samples
Sample
adddrv C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSIME.SYS
Loads C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSIME.SYS and reads the devices written in it.
(C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSIME.SYS typically contains something like the following:)
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSIME.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSIMED.SYS