MS-DOS prompt

[j_w_traylor]

Hi:

Is there supposed to be an MS-DOS prompt in
Accessories/System tools folder, if not where is the MS-
DOS prompt in Windows XP.

TIA

John

 

[Chris Lanier]

Goto Start>>Run>>Type "cmd"

 

[davetest]

Hi:

Is there supposed to be an MS-DOS prompt in
Accessories/System tools folder, if not where is the MS-
DOS prompt in Windows XP.

TIA

John

from the run box type CMD.EXE.

It's also simple to make a shortcut to same on the desktop, etc.

Dave

 

[Donald McDaniel]

Hi:

Is there supposed to be an MS-DOS prompt in
Accessories/System tools folder, if not where is the MS-
DOS prompt in Windows XP.

TIA

John

Because there is no MS-DOS underlying Windows XP, there is no way to exit to
MS-DOS (therefore no MS-DOS prompt).

There is a command interpreter, which will enable you to partially address
the OS (NT 5.1) underlying the GUI. To access it, either click on
"Start|All Programs|Accessories|Command prompt"
or
"Start|Run" then enter the command "cmd" and hit Enter.

You can access a 16-bit version of the command interpreter by entering
"command" instead "cmd"

 

[Testy]

WRONG! That is a Command Prompt it is NOT MS-DOS.

Testy

 

[John]

Thanks to all.

John

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Is there supposed to be an MS-DOS prompt in
Accessories/System tools folder, if not where is the MS-
DOS prompt in Windows XP.

There is no MS-DOS in Windows XP and you can't get to an MS-DOS
prompt.

But you can get a command prompt window, emulating DOS, by going
to Start | Run, and typing CMD. For many purposes this is close
enough to real DOS that you won't notice any difference.

 

[Loctite]

Baloney...........
I have XP pro and it came with COMMAND.COM
MS DOS command interpreter, copyright Microsoft 1990,2001
along with MSDOS.SYS and CONFIG.SYS both DOS files

 

[Alex Nichol]

Baloney...........
I have XP pro and it came with COMMAND.COM
MS DOS command interpreter, copyright Microsoft 1990,2001
along with MSDOS.SYS and CONFIG.SYS both DOS files

The command.com may be used as an alternative command interpreter to
cmd.exe, and is genuine DOS (5.0) code, but it still runs in the
emulated environment - there are no 16 bit DOS services running for it
to invoke. And you then run into restrictions like no long names. It
is really only useful for DOS programs, running under emulation, that
want this exact code to 'shell' to

Config.sys is usually present - and empty. It is not used by XP, but is
there in case some DOS program wants to read it directly; MSDOS.SYS may
be there after an upgrade to XP, but is quite unused and will also be
empty