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Comment from HD on 2009-10-15

2009-10-16T06:09:55Z

if i open cmd.exe is it still possible to get
cd progra~1

Directory of C:\PROGRA~1
is this possible in cmd.exe ?

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Comment from steve on 2009-09-24

2009-09-25T00:10:29Z

Wow, thanks much for the tech note. Gets very frustrating when you know something is supposed to work, but it does not and you can quickly search and find a fast solution. Wish all of computer life were this easy :) ~SL

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Comment from shu on 2009-04-06

2009-04-06T18:55:25Z

command.com doesn't maintain a history of the commands run previously (in the same session of course!) , whereas cmd.exe maintains a relly long (configurable) history

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Comment from Tim Holst Petersen on 2008-09-30

2008-09-30T17:33:45Z

One thing you do NOT get "off the shelf" with 'cmd.exe' is the 'history' though'. 'command.com' just keeps on going, going, going.

With 'cmd.exe' you have to tweak it to see, not what you typed, but what the output was. If you start a program or a batch job which results in thousands of lines of feedback.... initially you will have a problem with cmd.exe. NOT with command.com.

'command.com' does it good-old-style DOS ways.... it just keeps on going. IOW you can just scroll back and back and back. No fancy-pancy true-type fonts though.

I didn't try it, but I guess that if you exeed the 64kB segment command.com will submit to failure.

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Comment from dilip baraskar on 2008-09-18

2008-09-19T03:26:01Z

Thanks Nice explaination

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Comment from adejoh on 2008-09-13

2008-09-14T01:33:41Z

what is the difference between directory and command

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Comment from crime on 2008-06-05

2008-06-05T17:07:51Z

that's cuz some shortcut is pointing to 'documents and settings' trough command.exe, try to find the shortcut file, then edit it and change the name to docume~1 or whatever it is.

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Comment from Scott on 2008-02-15

2008-02-15T13:39:29Z

I have a friend that is getting a command.com type error approximately 1 minute after bootup, while sitting at the desktop . error is: c:\windows\system32\configuration\command.com Parameter not correct c:\document
Obviously cannot find the "documents and settings" folder. What would cause command.com to start up and be giving this error. It is a WinXP system. Leo, can you or anyone else explain this to me?

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Comment from somdatta on 2008-01-31

2008-01-31T10:11:19Z

For the past 2 hours I am trying to access 'my documents' with the command prompt and was frustatingly reaching nowhere. You cleared it within one minute :)........You are great, thanks a million :D

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Comment from khurram irfan on 2007-12-03

2007-12-03T15:00:55Z

Really a nice explanation! Thanks

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Comment from Jason Aranha on 2007-10-08

2007-10-08T17:14:17Z

good very nice, cleared my doubt for long

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Comment from Mahesh Butani on 2007-09-15

2007-09-15T11:14:42Z

Perfect, and to the dot.

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Comment from Magic Cat on 2007-06-04

2007-06-04T12:15:32Z

Nice explaination. Short and sweet :D

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Comment from cb on 2007-05-06

2007-05-06T10:19:00Z

thanks a lot!!!

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Comment from Ash on 2007-04-23

2007-04-23T21:36:21Z

Thanks for the detailed Information !!

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Comment from anekant jain on 2007-03-19

2007-03-19T11:28:25Z

Amazingly ,in few lines you cleared all.

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Comment from divya on 2007-03-02

2007-03-03T05:54:06Z

it cleared my doubt in an instance :)

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Comment from srinivas on 2007-01-11

2007-01-11T13:11:47Z

Excellent stuff. It gave me a clear idea of both.
Thanks.

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Comment from Jagdish on 2006-12-18

2006-12-18T12:09:21Z

Simply Wow! You really solved my lots of problems
Thankx

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