The setver command imitates an older version of MS-DOS that’s required for an application that can’t run because of a newer version of MS-DOS. For setver to work, setver.exe device must be loaded in the config.sys.

Availability

Setver is an external command that is available for the following Microsoft operating systems as setver.exe.

  • Availability

  • Setver syntax

  • Setver examples

  • MS-DOS 5.0 and above

  • Windows 95

  • Windows 98

  • Windows ME

  • Windows NT

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

Setver syntax

Sets the MS-DOS version number that Windows reports to a program.

Setver examples

setver 4.01

Makes a program run under the assumption you’re using MS-DOS version 4.01.

  • See our version definition for further information and related links on this term.