Re: Command Prompt

Not a bother. These newsgroups are for asking questions.

Some folks just get a little upset when they find that they can take the
poster's key words from a post, paste them into the Search box in Help and
Support and find the answers right there.

The only dumb question is, the one you don't ask.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Jeff <jeffwhat41@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks again, got it. won't bother you guys again
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Open a command prompt, type: help and hit Enter.

Type a command followed by /? I.e. ipconfig /? or ipconfig/?

Open a command prompt, type: cmd /? and hit Enter.

Command-line reference

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

hh ntcmds.chm

Click OK.
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Command-line reference A-Z

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

hh ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

Click OK.

I have a shortcut to
%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
on my Start Menu.
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New ways to do familiar tasks

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

hh ntcmds.chm::/dos_diffs.htm

Click OK.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Jeff <jeffwhat41@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
No need to be condescending
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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Try help. Urrrrh, lets see, what could you try - "command line"

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"Jeff" <jeffwhat41@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Wes,
On another note;is there a general KB that discusses command prompt
commands and syntaxes for XP? I'm very used to dealing with computers
using
the command prompt way;that's all I do at work all day;commands. I
barely
used XP till I finally just bought a home pc. So I definitely a
"newbie"
at
XP. If you could point me to a good starting point-like commands and
syntaxes I'de appreciate it. Thanks Again,
Jeff
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That was also in my post. ;-)

You can also change the Start in for the cmd shortcut located under
Accessories on the Start Menu.

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Jeff <jeffwhat41@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Figured it out even better-just right clicked on command prompt and
changed it in the start box to C:\--works great,thanks again
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try this...

Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Paste this in the location box:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

Click Next | Click Finish |

Right click the new cmd.exe shortcut | Properties |
In the Start in box replace %windir% with C:\ |
Click Apply | Click OK

Double click the new shortcut and you should see.............

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>

You can also change the Start in for the cmd shortcut located under
Accessories on the Start Menu.

HOW TO: Set the Command Processor Appearance in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309019

Set the Command prompt default path to a certain directory
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruncmd.htm

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Jeff <jeffwhat41@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
How do you set up the command prompt to show just C:\> ?
Everytime
I
open it it is setup as C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff> and I'm not
sure
if that is why when I try to use commands i.e .exe it says "Path
not
Valid" or am I missing something?
Thanks,
Jeff

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