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| Posted : | Wednesday, April 14th, 2004 12:18:16 PM |
| By : | workwo |
| dos window, dos mode | Configuration: |
I'm so rusty with dos!
1) I thought I used to be able to type "help" at the prompt and get a screen full of info or type for example "help dir" to get help with the switches and other info.
When I try these now I get a bad command error.
2) Also, from Start > Programs> ms dos prompt icon, my system goes into dos mode, shutting everything down first, and then restarting windows on exit. I cannot find my way back to the windows properties dialogue for dos mode so I can change back to "detect" when required or is it "shell"?
thanks for any help,
Audrey
| Operating System : w98 SE
CPU/Processor : pentium 111/128mb
RAM : pentium 111/128mb
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Re: dos window, dos mode by davein on April 14th, 2004 12:29:36 PM
'Help' was a pre-windows dos command. I don't think you'll find it in 9x.
You need to recreate your ms-dos prompt.pif file. I don't recall how to do it so I'll just email you a copy of mine.
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Re: dos window, dos mode by davein on April 14th, 2004 01:02:47 PM
Well I was fiddling around and for future reference all you need to do is create a shortcut to c:windowscommand.com and rename it MS-DOS Prompt and then copy it to c:windowsstart menuprograms. Be sure to rename or delete the old file first.
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Re: dos window, dos mode by davein on April 14th, 2004 01:12:56 PM
You posted an invalid email address but I guess you can create the file yourself as I explained above.
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Re: dos window, dos mode by name03 on April 14th, 2004 08:52:13 PM
The "help" program may not be available, but you can get help from just about any DOS command by typing "/?" after the command. Try typing "dir/?" at a DOS prompt and see what happens. This can be in a DOS window, too.
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Re: dos window, dos mode by workwo on April 14th, 2004 11:41:32 PM
Wow - thanks everyone!
I don't remember how or why I changed things in the first place - best to leave
these things alone sometimes....
Audrey
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Re: dos window, dos mode by derek3 on April 15th, 2004 08:22:05 AM
Following on from Dan's suggestion, if you copy the two files (help.com & help.hlp) into c:windowscommand then when you shut down to DOS it will work just like the old days "help + command" (and you can still use /? as well).
You might get the odd spurious letter if you run it from a DOS Window but it was never inteded to run that way.
This saves cluttering up autoexec or making shortcuts.
Derek.W
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Re: dos window, dos mode by Anonymous Ghost on December 09th, 2004 04:58:26 PM
I have an IBM Laptop that boots into dos and I would like it to boot directly into win 95. |
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