Does XP have a DOS Prompt?

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kraut said:
Does XP have a DOS Prompt?
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Depends on what you actually mean.

It has a command prompt...

Start button --> RUN --> type in:
cmd
--> click OK.
 
Just so everyone understands: The last Microsoft operating system that
used DOS was Windows ME. No DOS since then. Successive Microsoft
operating systems have what is a called a "command line environment" but
it's nothing more than an interface for entering commands. No DOS.
 
Thanks much. That is just what I was wondering.

I had a pinball game that had to be run "in DOS" and in 98 I could run
it under the DOSPromt.

I do not have the entry Start > Programs > Accessories > Command
Prompt on here for some reason. I just got this box week ago or so
and am still learning the changes from 98.

Thanks again.
 
Start > Run > cmd > OK.

Some old DOS games will still run in Windows XP, without the need to
enter a command line. Open the Help and Support Center and read the
topic "Getting older programs to run on Windows XP". (Just do a search
for: older programs.)
 
Thanks all. Appreciat the help.


Start > Run > cmd > OK.

Some old DOS games will still run in Windows XP, without the need to
enter a command line. Open the Help and Support Center and read the
topic "Getting older programs to run on Windows XP". (Just do a search
for: older programs.)
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Hi,
Type "CMD" into the "Run" box on the Start Menu and click [OK] - This
will produce your "dos-box" or Command Prompt if it's not on an item on your
Start Menu > Programs > Accessories
 
Tim Meddick said:
Hi,
Type "CMD" into the "Run" box on the Start Menu and click [OK] - This
will produce your "dos-box" or Command Prompt if it's not on an item on your
Start Menu > Programs > Accessories
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Better late than never, Tim.

Notice that "kraut" already got the solution from "Leonard Grey".
 
kraut said:
Does XP have a DOS Prompt?


TIA
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There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS, if that's
what you mean, unless you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT
family of 32-bit graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the
latest generation, has never used, included, or "ridden upon" MS-DOS.
To access the Command Line Interface (CLI) for use of the command
prompt, click Start > Run and enter Cmd.exe.


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