MS-DOS Command Prompt for Vista

I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.

Is itg possible using VISTA?

Type cmd in Start Run

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"Hal" <> wrote in message
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>I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.
>
> Is itg possible using VISTA?

On 25 Dec 2009, <.> wrote in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Type cmd in Start Run

Yep - the same way it's been done with every version of Windows for the
past 15 years or so.

Along with the other replies made to your post, clicking Start, All Programs
and you'll find the "Command Prompt" in the Accessories sub-menu, this is
the DOS command line window.

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"Hal" <> wrote in message
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> I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.
>
> Is itg possible using VISTA?

In article <CBB8A1F7-569C-4797-8058->,
says...
>
> I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.
>
> Is itg possible using VISTA?

Well, technically speaking,
cmd.exe console window
looks like DOS
has a syntax of DOS command line
but is not a DOS.

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In article <>,
says...
>
> Along with the other replies made to your post, clicking Start, All Programs
> and you'll find the "Command Prompt" in the Accessories sub-menu, this is
> the DOS command line window.

It should be added that most Vista/Win7 video drivers do not support
full-screen mode for non-Windows programs. You cannot have full-screen
text or old DOS graphics programs without using something like DOSBOX.

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Poutnik <> wrote:

>In article <CBB8A1F7-569C-4797-8058->,
> says...
>>
>> I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.
>>
>> Is itg possible using VISTA?
>
>Well, technically speaking, cmd.exe console window
>looks like DOS has a syntax of DOS command line
>but is not a DOS.

True. It's a 32-bit command console (or 64-bit command console, if
you're using the 64-bit version of the OS). Programs running in that
environment can do anything that a GUI program can do, including
showing windows. The 32-bit version can also run most old 16-bit
real-mode (DOS) programs.

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Hal wrote:
> I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA.
>
> Is itg possible using VISTA?


Certainly:

1) Start > Run > CMD <ENTER>.

2) Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.



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On 27 Dec 2009, DanS <>
wrote in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Actually, that's only for NT-based Windows OS's.
>
> Under Windows 9x, it's: command

Yes, that's more accurately stated.

Nil wrote:
> On 27 Dec 2009, DanS <>
> wrote in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>
>> Actually, that's only for NT-based Windows OS's.
>>
>> Under Windows 9x, it's: command
>
> Yes, that's more accurately stated.
>
>


Have not looked at Vista but with both win2k and XP
one had a choice of either cmd or command