Re: 16bit edit

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:18:25 -0700

Using command.com will open cmd.exe.

[[When a command is entered for execution by this shell {command.com}, it
does not actually execute it. Instead, it packages the command text and
sends it to a 32-bit CMD.EXE command shell for execution.]]

The Windows NT Command Shell
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/shellscr.mspx

Scroll down to (or Ctrl + F, for COMMAND.COM runs CMD.EXE) 

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:OdFTPKoKFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
sali <gabor.salai@tel.net.ba> hunted and pecked:
> "Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)@(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com> wrote
> in message news:#4jvyBcKFHA.4028@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> It will also depend on which "shell" you run it from "cmd.exe" or
>> "command.com".  Both the NT shell (cmd.exe) and the old DOS shell
>> (command.com) are present on NT or XP machines, both will run, but
>> some functions of command.com are unpredictable, therefore making
>> any software run from them unpredictable.
>> 
> 
> i've tried both of them. in fact, i've read somewhere that when
> calling 16bit app
> no matter which shell, command.com will be called internaly to handle
> 16bit app.
> 
> my experience shows me that chipset, especialy video card may be the
> problem.
> it surely depends on software/drivers bound with card, but  simply,
> some hardware
> configs work, some not.
> we even made a list of "proven" hardware to run these 16bit app under
> xp. 
> 
> this last i was writing about is a brand new "out from the box",
> preinstalled
> hp notebook, and delivered 16bit compatibility software [edit.com]
> doesn't work!
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> "sali" <gabor.salai@tel.net.ba> wrote in message
>> news:#ApGVqAKFHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> there are few command line utilities that come with xp,
>>> one of them is old "edit.exe".
>>> but on some computers it is not operable: it does not
>>> reacts on some keystrokes, or shows wrong characters.
>>> 
>>> on some other computers, it [edit.exe] works perfectly under xp!
>>> 
>>> since edit.exe comes with oem xp preinstalled, it is strange that
>>> doesn't work
>>> on some computers [it is true that notepad is better, but i
>>> sometimes need exactly edit.exe]
>>> 
>>> is there some common tweak to make edit.exe work on every xp
>>> computer?

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