Want to start DOS fast outside of the START button? Drag it to your desktop.
Want to start it even FASTER without the mouse?
  1. Change the shortcut properties of the DOS icon to something unique, like Ctrl-Alt-Z.
  2. Then to start DOS from within Win95/98?/NT just enter C-A-Z and poof! it's there.
  3. If you toggle away, and hit the shortcut sequence again, you'll get the "old" DOS box, not a new one