dos prompt

[Wayne Oubre]

I need to know how from the run line do you get to the
command prompt. I know you could type cmd but can you also
type command to get to the same spot? This question was on
the A+ test and I feel that they are both correct. Please
let me know.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Not correct.

Start | Run | cmd | Opens cmd.exe
Start | Run | command | Opens command.com

Open them both and look at the top title.

CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM
http://www.acky.net/tips/windows/windows/wt054.sht

[[Windows NT comes with two "command line shells" -- one called CMD.EXE and
the other called COMMAND.COM. If you're wondering which one to use,
following information might help:

CMD.EXE is the Windows NT's native command prompt (or shell), which means it
is more portable among different hardware platforms. For example, if you
type SET and press ENTER inside a CMD.EXE prompt, you'll notice that CMD.EXE
exposes more environment variables than COMMAND.COM. On the other hand,
COMMAND.COM is the more "MS-DOS compatible" version of the two shells. For
example, this shell will call AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT (located in the
SYSTEM32 directory inside your Windows NT directory) just like MS-DOS used
to call AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS.

So, if you're having trouble running your old DOS command line programs from
Windows NT, try running them inside a COMMAND.COM shell, not CMD.EXE.]]

What is the difference between cmd.exe and command.com?
http://www.winnetmag.com/WindowsScripting/Article/ArticleID/13578/WindowsScripting_13578.html

 

[austinpctech]

I need to know how from the run line do you get to the
command prompt. I know you could type cmd but can you also
type command to get to the same spot? This question was on
the A+ test and I feel that they are both correct. Please
let me know.

It's a trick question. The answer is no. "cmd" loads a command prompt
window titled Microsoft Windows XP. "command" loads a window titled
Microsoft Windows DOS. You notice that when you X close the cmd window that
it closes. You X close the command window and you get that old error that
Windows can't end that program. It's a trick question.