Wes,
Thanks again, I am a "newbie'at home pc's but it does seem I upset the
other "gentleman". I do appereciate the help and by pointing out how to
find help ;pardon the play on words; you did help me out. i am on more
comfortable ground using the command prompt way because that's how i did
things at work,and am trying to figure out how to do stuff with XP
Pro,that i never had time to do before. so now that I know where to find
stuff now;it's good to know that theyre are people that do help.Thanks,
Jeff
Thanks again, got it. won't bother you guys again
Open a command prompt, type: help and hit Enter.
Type a command followed by /? I.e. ipconfig /? or ipconfig/?
Open a command prompt, type: cmd /? and hit Enter.
Command-line reference
Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
hh ntcmds.chm
Click OK.
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Command-line reference A-Z
Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
hh ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
Click OK.
I have a shortcut to
%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
on my Start Menu.
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New ways to do familiar tasks
Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
hh ntcmds.chm::/dos_diffs.htm
Click OK.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Jeff <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
No need to be condescending
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Try help. Urrrrh, lets see, what could you try - "command line"
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Thanks Wes,
On another note;is there a general KB that discusses command
prompt commands and syntaxes for XP? I'm very used to dealing with
computers using
the command prompt way;that's all I do at work all day;commands. I
barely
used XP till I finally just bought a home pc. So I definitely a
"newbie"
at
XP. If you could point me to a good starting point-like commands and
syntaxes I'de appreciate it. Thanks Again,
Jeff
That was also in my post. ;-)
You can also change the Start in for the cmd shortcut located
under Accessories on the Start Menu.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Jeff <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Figured it out even better-just right clicked on command prompt
and changed it in the start box to C:\--works great,thanks again
Try this...
Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Paste this in the location box:
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
Click Next | Click Finish |
Right click the new cmd.exe shortcut | Properties |
In the Start in box replace %windir% with C:\ |
Click Apply | Click OK
Double click the new shortcut and you should see.............
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>
You can also change the Start in for the cmd shortcut located
under
Accessories on the Start Menu.
HOW TO: Set the Command Processor Appearance in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309019
Set the Command prompt default path to a certain directory
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruncmd.htm
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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Jeff <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
How do you set up the command prompt to show just C:\> ?
Everytime I
open it it is setup as C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff> and I'm
not sure
if that is why when I try to use commands i.e .exe it says
"Path not
Valid" or am I missing something?
Thanks,
Jeff
