Summary: What is the functional difference between W2K's Command.com and CMD.exe? They appear to be the same to me, except that since upgrading from Win98, I'...
Summary: Having used active directory to restrict access to the DOS prompt I find this is only effective against CMD.exe. Running command.com from a shortcut o...
Summary: Hi, When I run SOME DOS apps, not all, command.com loads and cmd.exe unloads. Here is a partial environment 'dump' BEFORE________ c:\TEMP>set >>=sett...
Summary: Mechanix2Go: Thanks for the response. I do not have a program that uses 'wp' as an executable file. I do have a dos version of Quicken with the execu...
Summary: Hi, In Win2K, the command prompt is "cmd.exe". I see the string "command.exe" in the message. In Win9x, it's command.exe. Did you really run cmd.exe o...
Summary: Errm.. the "autoexec.bat" and "config.sys" files are certainly "super-hidden" - they don't exist! W2K uses default files "autoexec.nt" and "config.nt"...
Summary: I'm not really sure what the difference is between command.com and cmd.exe in Windows 2000. I'm using VNC to remote control some DOS boxes and this wo...
Summary: My system boots and runs apps fine, but I seem to get an error if I try and run command to get a DOS window, the message is: c:\\winnt\system32\comman...
Summary: I've just pass from Windows Me to Windows 2000 without formating(With the upgrade option) everything work fine but when I open a cmd.exe dos environne...
Summary: CMD.EXE is located in the c:\winnt\system32 directory on my machine. The only thing I can even guess in your case if the file is there and is not mess...
Summary: Go to 'Run' and type cmd.exe. This is the proper command interpreter for Win2K. All of the relevant commands should work okay using that version. ...
Summary: Have you tried running virus scan from safe mode? Also check the startup list using msconfig to disable unneeded startup items. All those running net....
Summary: cmd.exe opens the command prompt window (DOSwindow). everytime you delete it Win2K will recreate it when you reboot. you may want to update your vir...
Summary: Everything I open up and everything that starts up opens cmd.exe and then starts the -program. NO MATTER WHAT I OPEN, and it makes my computer seem sl...
Summary: sound like a virus... most everything i get back on 0xc0000142 is a snap-in or mail error the fact that cmd.exe ( dos command prompt ) is also running...
Summary: Hi, Why is it that the START switch doesn't work when its used on a machine unattended i.e. the following command works fine when you are actually si...
Summary: C:\>help|more ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer. ATTRIB Displa...
Summary: Hi all, Everytime I start Windows 2000, cmd.exe pops up automatically every 5 seconds or so. Also an error pops up regarding svchost.exe. I ran anti...
Summary: Every time when the windows load (Cold and warm boot), the program CMD.exe runs which is located in system 32 folder. how do I disable the CMD.exe as ...
Summary: My question is when I start up my computer I get a dos looking window that opens (that never did before) and it is a blank black rectangle. The heade...
Summary: For some reason ever couple seconds a dos shell opens up with the cmd.exe program, then closed. I found a temporary fix by going into windows/system3...
Summary: I have this problem where after I log into my os after startup, the c:/winnt/system32/cmd.exe window will pop up in regular intervals and then shuttin...
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