If the information on this page regarding the different &cfgsys; settings is not sufficient for you, you'll find additional explanations in the respective chapters of the &os2; Command Reference.

Press "Apply" to have the changes you've made written to the &cfgsys; file. This will only change the &cfgsys; lines which correspond to the settings on this page. The lines corresponding to the other pages in the "&os2; Kernel" object will not be changed. This button is only active if you have made any changes to the settings on this page. Please note that you will have to restart the computer to let the changes take effect. A Desktop restart does not suffice.

Press "Optimize" to have &xwp; propose you new settings according to your system characteristics. &cfgsys; will only be changed after you press "Apply" also.

Press "Default" to have the &os2; default settings displayed on the notebook page. &cfgsys; will only be changed after you press "Apply" also.

In the "Autostart" group you may set what will be started when your computer is booting up. This corresponds to the SET AUTOSTART=xxx setting in &cfgsys;, with "xxx" being:

• PROGRAMS: If you deactivate this, no programs can be started, except for the programs in the "System startup" folder.
  
• TASKLIST: If you deactivate this, the tasklist will not be shown.
  
• FOLDERS: if you could disable this, no folders would be opened, and neither would be the Desktop. This is why this entry is not displayed on the notebook page and will always be added by &xwp;.
  
• CONNECTIONS: If you deactivate this, no network connections will be started.
  
• LAUNCHPAD: If you disable this, the Launchpad will not be started. But you can still place it in the "System startup" folder or start it manually.
  
• WARPCENTER: If you disable this, the &warpcenter; will not be started. This entry is only valid for OS/2 Warp 4 and above. But you can still place it in the "System startup" folder or start it manually.

In the group "Restart after system startup..." you may determine which objects will be restarted after the WPS has booted. This corresponds to the SET RESTARTOBJECTS=xxx setting in &cfgsys;:

• "All" (SET RESTARTOBJECTS=YES) will start all objects that were open when the system was shut down the last time. Unfortunately, this is the default value. Note: Restarting all objects does not work if you are using &xwp;'s eXtended Shutdown.
  
• "Nothing" (=NO) does not restart any objects, not even those in the "System startup" folder. (But it does start those in the &xwp; Startup folder).
  
• "Startup folders only" (=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY) will only restart the objects in the &os2; System startup folder. This setting is strongly recommended because the default setting can lead to enormous problems if a program has taken down the system and will then be restarted. In addition, &xwp; assumes that you have this setting enabled.
  
• "After reboot only" (REBOOT ONLY) will only restart anything if the system was just (re-)booted and not after the WPS is restarting after an error. This makes sense only if you use the "All" option above.

The option "Additional file handles" allows you to increase the number of files that can be open at a time for the WPS. The value is also inherited by other processes. This setting corresponds to SET SHELLHANDLESINC=xxx with xxx being a number between zero and 255.

In some situations, the WPS might run out of file handles and thus cannot open any additional files. The problem can also occur with applications that do not request the required amount of file handles but rely on a suitable default to be set. This problem can be worked around by specifying a large enough number in the above option.

The option is only effective on OS/2 Warp 4 Fixpak 6 and later.