Re: No CMD "Help"

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Create a shortcut on the desktop with a "Target" value of;

%systemroot%\hh.exe Ms-its:%systemroot%\help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"databaseben" wrote:
| Funny thing, i notice that I cannot get a menu of the help commands via
the
| cmd prompt.
|
| I can get some commands like copy /? dir /? but the command lines are
| limited. I'm sure I was able to view a menu/listing of the help commands
| before.
|
| I think that I ran something like "cmd help" and the command windows
appears
| briefly and it looks like a listing is produced. But it goes very fast
and
| the cmd windows closes immediately.....
|
| Why have I lost the command line Help
|
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| "To be a 0 or is it to be the 1 ?
| That is the data".......W.Gatespeare


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