#397 NANSI.SYS doesn't recognize that it has already been loaded.

[Oliver]

You can load NANSI.SYS multiple times. The driver does not recognize that it has already been loaded.

This is the case both if you load NANSI.SYS several times via FDCONFIG.SYS or if you load it several times with DEVLOAD.

See Screenshot:

[Anthony Williams]

As a workaround you can probably do something like this:

mem /c | find "ANSI" >NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto loadansi

Or you could use NNANSI, which is an unloadable TSR.
Tom Almy's DOS page (look for NNANS593.ZIP, GPL w/ src)

[Jim Hall]

I think we should close this "bug." It is not really a bug, but there's a expectation in DOS systems that the user should not try to load the same driver three times.

[Jim Hall]

It is not really a bug, but there's a expectation in DOS systems that the user should not try to load the same driver three times. Closing as won't fix