DOS commands

[PJ Perillo]

Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Hello PJ,

The command line in Vista,XP and 2000 is not DOS like in the past with a
full version of DOS. There are just some commands, that you can use. If you
type yourcommand /help or /? you get an overview of the syntax.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[David Trimboli]

Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.

On the Microsoft newsgroups, you want
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin. Although it says "win2000,"
you can ask any Command Prompt questions there.

Also try on Usenet: alt.msdos.batch.nt

Note that there are two command-line programs that come with Windows
Vista: cmd.exe and command.exe. In almost every case you want to use
cmd.exe (it's the 32-bit version and more advanced).

David
Stardate 7958.6

 

[Universe_JDJ]

PJ Perillo wrote:
Note that there are two command-line programs that come with Windows
Vista: cmd.exe and command.exe. In almost every case you want to use
cmd.exe (it's the 32-bit version and more advanced).

It's cmd.exe and command.com.

 

[David Trimboli]

It's cmd.exe and command.com.

Quite right. My mistake.

David
Stardate 7964.0