What's the difference between command and cmd in winxp?

[slicksilver]

Both of them look the same and perform the same....so why did MS give them a different file name? .......I also need to know how I can directly go into a windows explorer folder in dos.......I mean suppose I am browsing C:\ABC in explorer and then run command......it refuses to go into the directory unlike the dos in winme......and how do I get the classic and original DOS look when I run command? like you know the full screen , the bigger fonts and all.......I figured out how to make it run in full screen but the fonts look weird...they dont look like the old 6.22 fonts......and lastly, has doskey been disabled in winxp?

Thanks a million in advance

Raj

 

[Derango]

type:

explorer <path to folder>

 

[bozo1]

Command and cmd are 2 different things. CMD is your XP command line. Command does a DOS emulation. Environment variables are different among other things. You have doskey like functionality in a CMD window - you don't have it in a command window. There are many commands you cannot do in a command window.

Command was left around to give you something a little bit closer to DOS if you have a really old program that doesn't run properly under CMD.

CMD is what you want to use.

 

[slicksilver]

how do get doskey to run?

raj

 

[Derango]

type "doskey" 🙂

I don't know if thats there in winXP, but it is in 2k.

 

[SinNisTeR]

CMD
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

COMMAND
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1>

🙂😀😛

 

[Garet Jax]

SinNisTeR's post points out another important difference (although not as directly as I am about to). 😀

CMD supports long file names.

COMMAND doesn't.