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URGENT!!!.. MS-DOS prompt

 
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Hi,
I am trying to study n my own for the certification. I bought a computer recently... I do not see any MS-DOS prompt in my system to try my programs... please help me find it... I have a windows XP home edition...
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Look in "accessories".
 
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Or click Start - Run and type in CMD. Then hit enter or click ok and that will get you to a command prompt
 
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i dont know about XP but in windows 2000 it isnt called MS-DOS Prompt. it is called Command Prompt if i remember correctly. im moving this to general computing
 
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Try typing in "command" in the run.
Goto Start -> Run.
 
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If you want the full path, it's: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
 
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when I type
it says parameter not correct "program
HOw do I get doskey to work too?
 
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Originally posted by Rufus BugleWeed:
HOw do I get doskey to work too?[/QB]



Rufus, your kidding, are you not?
Okay, the above error with cd "Program Manager" will work only in CMD, not in 'Command.com'. I don't know what exactly is the different between these two, but CMD looks like a better implementation of command prompt to support all DOS commands (16 bit dos env or what ever), where as Command.com is rather fishy!
In CMD, doskey is active by default, and in addition it supports for function keys as well. In your CMD, try pressing F7.
HTH,
aShok.
 
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set doskey
This will start doskey. In some windows version doskey is not shipped, the reason I dont know.
 
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Originally posted by Ashok Krishnan:

cd "Program Manager" will work only in CMD, not in 'Command.com'.


To get "Program Manager" to work in command.com you need to conform to 8.3 spec. So you need to use c:\progra~1
 
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I am making progress with something I found in the manual page for chdir

After I do that doskey works and I could enter long file names. I have not tried

but I will.
Thanks
[ September 05, 2003: Message edited by: Rufus BugleWeed ]
 
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Once I press f7 is there a way to specify I want to run command 1. We could do that in Unix. Does anybody know a good resource on using this shell, command line? I always cringe when I have to buy the resource kit for a windows OS. Son of a gun $50 and I don't believe it explains this part of the OS.
I love trolling in the MS knowledge base - wrong.
 
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