Whats the “disable filer” trick?
As shipped by HP, the application manager always keeps the filer in memory, consuming approx 58K of RAM. This is so that, if you run out of disk space while using an application, you can enter filer, delete some files, and save your work. The “disable filer” trick allows you to completely terminate the filer, and recover that 58K of RAM. This is undocumented, unsupported, and nobody at HP has recommended it, although several users have reported success with it. Nevertheless, please back up your disk before trying this. To disable the filer, do the following: 1) Activate the application manager (press {More}). 2) Move the filer to the first position, using F7. 3) Close the application manager. 4) Start DOS (cntl-123), and type the following: debug c:\_dat\appmgr.dat e 10a 01 w q 5) Start the application manager and move the filer back to its original position, if desired.
