MS-DOS National Language Support Information

Windows NT supports the following MS-DOS 5.0 National Language Support (NLS) commands. (Note that printer device code page commands are not supported.)

Table C.3 MS-DOS 5.0 National Language Support Commands

Command	Used to
chcp	Show or change the code page used by the system. If you change the code page with the chcp command, it is recommended that you use the Lucida Console font as the console font to avoid incorrect glyphs on the screen.
mode	Display standard information about the active code pages in the system.
keyb	Specify the keyboard layout used.

Windows NT maintains its configuration information in the Registry. However, when the CONFIG.SYS file changes, the system automatically changes entries in the Registry, which take effect when the system is restarted. These commands in the CONFIG.SYS file are related to NLS. Changes to them will cause changes in the Windows NT Registry:

install=c:\dos\keyb.com xx,nnn,filename
device=c:\dos\display.sys...
device=c:\dos\printer.sys...
country=xxx,nnn,filename
install=c:\dos\nlsfunc.exe