Re: Opening Dos

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From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:55:12 -0600

Make a shortcut on the desktop, just find
Windows\system32\cmd.exe, right click on cmd.exe and select
"create shortcut"

"Armin Zingler" <az.nospam@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:4036cd00$0$24816$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de...
| "NobodyMan" <none@none.net> schrieb
| > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:05:34 +0100, "Armin Zingler"
| > <az.nospam@freenet.de> wrote:
| >
| > >"mturus" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
| > >> Is there any short cut to open the DOS? I can open
by typing cmd
| > >> on the run but I would like to find out if there is
any
| > >> keyboard short-cut or Could I create a keyboard
short-cut?
| > >>
| > >> thanks.
| > >
| > >Open the properties of the link to the DOS box in the
start menu.
| > > You can specify a shortcut there.
| >
| > Remember, however, that this is NOT a DOS box. It looks
like one,
| > and some DOS programs/command will work, but it is not a
DOS box.
| > XP contains no DOS code - zero, nada, zip, the dry
hump...you get
| > the picture.
|
| I know, but I call it DOS box.
|
|
| --
| Armin
|

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