The command prompt configuration guide
News COMMAND.COM is the MS-DOS command interpreter that's been around for ages. If you want to run an older, MS-DOS-based application, I recommend using the COMMAND.COM interpreter through the Cmd.exe shell.
[February 4, 2003, 11:50]
Wiping the slate clean for Windows
News In fact, Microsoft just layered early Windows versions on top of MS-DOS and even OS/2 was more of a command-line operating system with a layered GUI — and let's not forget X-Windows, which remains layered on top of the operating system rather than...
[November 25, 2005, 8:20]
Gsdel
Downloads This is a functionality that the MS-DOS command "DEL" does not provide. This command-line utility allows you to delete multiple files.
[May 21, 2002, 8:00]
DOS to the rescue
News By launching a DOS session, you can capture the DIR command's output in a way that lets you quickly and easily generate file listings. To launch a DOS session, simply go to Start | Run, and then type command.com in to the resulting dialog box, as...
[December 31, 2002, 10:08]
Legacy apps at home with XP
News Ditto for command-line utilities from MS-DOS, such as DriveSpace (or its earlier incarnation, DoubleSpace), and third-party compression utilities, such as Stacker. Next week's installment will discuss setting up a Compatibility Mode and running MS...
[July 16, 2002, 9:09]
Pretty Park is back
News You can execute these programs from the run command on the start button, or by typing in the program name at an MS-DOS prompt. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\exefile\CLASSES\exefile \shell\open\command...
[March 20, 2000, 9:52]
New boots for Linux
Talkback We have a generation of user now who haven't even seen a command line, and would have problems editing the relatively easy Config.sys file from MS-DOS, let alone all of the little files tucked away in odd corners of the Linux world.
[January 11, 2004, 18:14]
