How do you enable the "command extensions"?

[Guest]

When I display the online help on the FOR command on Windows 2000, I read that you need to enable the "command extensions" to get very useful additional forms of the FOR command (/D, /R, /L, /F). Does anyone know what are those "command extensions". I could not (despite 1 hour of attempts) find anything else on command extensions in the Win2000 help. Many thanks. Stefano

 

[Michael A. Covington]

As I recall, it can be done as an argument of cmd.exe, or with the setlocal
command and a special argument. I'm sorry I don't have the particulars of
either one at hand.

When I display the online help on the FOR command on Windows 2000, I read

that you need to enable the "command extensions" to get very useful
additional forms of the FOR command (/D, /R, /L, /F). Does anyone know what
are those "command extensions". I could not (despite 1 hour of attempts)
find anything else on command extensions in the Win2000 help. Many thanks.
Stefano

 

[Matthias Tacke]

As I recall, it can be done as an argument of cmd.exe, or with the
setlocal command and a special argument. I'm sorry I don't have the
particulars of either one at hand.

You are right. AFAIK there are 3 ways. Change registry to permanently
enable extanesions, the cmd swich and setloacl

1. and 2. see cmd /?
3. setlocal enableextensions (see also setlocal /?)