cmd and command in win2k

[fataldreams]

What is the difference between cmd and command in Windows 2000?

Thanks.

 

[Sunner]

cmd is NT's actual command processor, while command is a 16 bit app, sort of a "virtual DOS", MS even has a fancy name for that, something like NT Virtual Dos or something.

Command will pass command on to cmd for processing, so there's no advatnage to command really, unless you need to run some 16 bit app or something.

Command is much slower though, as you'd expect from an emulated app, so for general purpose use, cmd is the one to use.

 

[fataldreams]

Actually, I was having problems with command (which I type by habit because of Windows 98), and then I remembered about cmd and checked to see if it would do what I wanted

Thanks again.