 Command Prompt, some confusion exists surrounding this |
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 Jul 30 2004, 04:55 PM
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 Learning Daily  Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322  |
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt = C:\ Command Prompt Start>Run>cmd = C:\ WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe Start>Run>command = C:\WINDOWS\System32\ command.com (.com???!??? why?) and where once I could simply type "ipconfig" in Start>Run and see the results in a DOS dialog box(same as the 3 above examples) now I see the box come up on the desktop for a fraction of a second and disappear. What am I doing? Although these seem similar, what are the differences between them?   (the Start>Run>command I use after advice via the ZA Forum, still trying to learn why it behaves the way it has & when I close it, the error message you can see her is displayed:  )
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Jul 30 2004, 06:28 PM
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well phawwgg when your done using command prompt type exit in the black box and it will close on its own! This is the way I do it.. start..run..command! easiest way for me!
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Jul 31 2004, 12:24 AM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,367 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
This tutorial may help you:
Introduction to the Windows Command Prompt The hidden surprises we have  The reason why a console (dos) program flashes when run from the desktop, as it is made to run in a dos prompt and not a window. THerefore when you run it, it shows itself and immediately closes. -------------------- Lawrence
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Jul 31 2004, 01:15 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
How did I miss that?
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Jul 31 2004, 03:43 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
A little more time at it and I found this to be helpful, as well.
Open Command Window Here This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder. This downloaded from the MS Windows XP site xppowertoys Now when right-clicking a program file, for instance, I have another option.
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