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NT Dos Shell
Name: Jay Smith Date: January 5, 2000 at 14:07:35 Pacific
Comment:
First off, what is the difference between dos shell and going to the command prompt? Second, Does Win NT 4.0 include a dos shell and if not, can you add one? thank you, JS
Name: Mick C Date: January 6, 2000 at 11:54:03 Pacific
Reply:
Doshell (One S) was a first generation Graphic Interface, first introduced with MS-DOS 4.0 From it you could View , Create and Delete Directories, Rename Files, and much more. Much in the same way as Windows 3.1 File Manager, Without having to use or remember DOS Commands. It was dropped from MS-DOS 6.2 onwards, but is still available as part of the MS-DOS Supplimental Files.
Click link above for DOS/Windows Resoruce Page.
As far as I know NT can use Doshell from the DOS Prompt, but I have never tried it, or found a need to.
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Response Number 2
Name: Cam Beck Date: January 6, 2000 at 12:58:35 Pacific
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You can get a DOS command prompt in NT by looking under start menu for "Command Prompt." If you can't find it, select START/RUN, and type 'command' and press OK. You will get a DOS prompt. Type 'EXIT' to close the window.
NT DOS is not a good prompt--very limited as far as memory goes. You can't run very large DOS programs under NT. And you can't "reboot" to a DOS prompt like Windows 95/98.
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Response Number 3
Name: Van Date: January 6, 2000 at 20:16:24 Pacific
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Can't NT be nudged asside with Partition Magic so that DOS can be installed independant of NT?
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Response Number 4
Name: Syed J. Hashmi Date: February 5, 2001 at 19:43:54 Pacific
Summary: A DOS shell is just a GUI for DOS designed to hide the command line from the user, but provides the same funtionality in usage. Examples of DOS shells include: DOSSHELL.EXE Norton Desktop for DOS Mic...
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