Colors.exe is a 32-bit DOS-extended executable created with DJGPP. It requires DPMI services, which are available by default in Windows 9x/NT. The program cwsdpmi.exe provides DPMI services for pure DOS environments like MS-DOS 6.22, and will be loaded automatically by colors.exe if needed. To ensure that the program will run in all environments, keep colors.exe and cwsdpmi.exe together in the same directory.