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Command Prompt Tips
Bitmap as Icon Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Intermed. This is how to make individual icons for bitmaps look like a miniature of the bitmap. To make the change: 1.Start REGEDIT.EXE 2.Locate \ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ .BMP and find the value of the default key (usually Paint.Picture) 3.Locate \ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \the value you found, such as \ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \Paint.Picture 4.Open or create the key DefaultIcon from this point; modify or create the string value Default from this key to equal %1 (without quotes).
Check Out Where Your Memory is Going Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner At Dos prompt (windows Dos or normal Dos) type mem/p/c and it will tell you where your conventional and upper memory is.
Checking your Memory Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner Type MEM from the command prompt to see current memory usage of your machine.
Clear The Run Menu Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Advanced Open Regedit. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU. Delete everything in the right pane EXCEPT the value named Default. Restart Windows and the run menu will be empty.
Customize the DIR command Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Intermed. Customize the DIR command by adding SET DIRCMD= /P in your autoexec.bat, this will automatically use the page break feature whenever you type DIR from the command prompt. Or, try SET DIRCMD= /P /O:GNE to also arrange the files. G will list the directories first, N places the files in alphabetical order and E will list files of the same in order by the extension.
DosKey Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Intermed. To use DosKey in your MS-DOS boxes without loading it in AUTOEXEC.BAT or creating a startup batch script, go to Program properties and enter DosKey as the startup batch file.
Dragging onto MS-DOS Apps Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner You can drag file and folder icons from the desktop or a folder and drop them on an MS-DOS Command Prompt. The filename will then be shoved into the keyboard buffer of the running MS-DOS-based application.
Expanded Wildcards in DOS Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner MS-DOS in Windows 95 now allows for expanded use of the * wildcard symbol in that you can specify the wildcard BEFORE as well as AFTER text to search for. For example, DIR *5*.TXT will display all .TXT files with a 5 in their name.
Fast Way to Exit DOS Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner When you restart the computer in MS-DOS mode, when exiting back to Windows 95, there is a quicker way than typing EXIT and having the whole computer restart. Type win, this will bring you right to Windows without restarting the computer. If it says that Windows is running a DOS program, type exit and it will not restart and bring you right to Windows.
Find Out What Memory Blocks are in Free Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner Go to your Dos prompt (Windows Dos or normal Dos) and type mem/f and it will tell what conventional segments and upper memory regions are free. You can use this to your gain and optimize your memory for best performance.
Finding Files from the Command Prompt Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner Use "dir /s (filename)" to locate a file from the command prompt.
Grabbing Data from MS-DOS Apps Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner To move information between a Command Prompt or MS-DOS-based application, activate the toolbar in the MS-DOS-based application window. This will enable point & click access to copy, cut and paste operations from a Windows-based application to an MS-DOS-based application.
MS-DOS App Parameters Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Intermed. Add a "?" to the end of an MS-DOS application's command line and you will be prompted to add parameters when you start the application.
MS-DOS Properties Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner If you ever set the wrong properties for an MS-DOS box and cannot start it, you can go into the MS-DOS box’s PIF directory and edit command.pif, or find the command.com path and edit the properties there.
MS-DOS Screen Toggle Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner To toggle between a windowed and full MS-DOS screen, press Alt+Enter.
Opening Shared Folders Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner You can use the Run command on the Start menu to open shared folders on other computers.
Playing with Prompts Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Advanced Ok windows is great, but sometimes you need to dive into the dinosar called DOS (Disk Operating System) you know the thing windows was built off of... the bad thing is its black and white and the prompt C:\> REALLY gets old! The default prompt is C>, but most people have thier prompt look like C:\> well you can add MORE you can add: =, $, time, Dates, Drive, Path, MS-DOS version, >, <, | , and three technical ones that are no fun...unless you are a nerd! To begin goto dos prompt in your start|programs menu. Once there you PROMPT, you get C> (WOW), now type PROMPT $P$G and you get C:\> pretty cool huh? Well to add more stuff just type PROMPT paramaters. The paramaters are: $Q = $$ $ $T Current Time $D Current Date $P Current Drive and Path $V MS-Dos Version $N Current Drive $G > $L < $B | ***** NERDS ONLY ******** $H Backspace (erases previous char) $E Escape Code (ASCII code 27) $_ Carriage return and line feed For a really cool one try: PROMPT THE TIME$Q$T$H$H$H$H$H$H$_$P$G (its cool)
Quick Command Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner To access the Command Prompt quickly, simply press Start, Run, then type COMMAND and hit OK.
Quick Internet Site Access Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner To go directly to a web site, click on the start button and then run. Type in the web address (such as www.windows95.com) and hit enter. Your default browser will load and open the web site.
Run Extensions Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner An easy way to find out a file's DOS extension is to drag the file into the Run dialog. The entire path, including the file extension, will be visible.
Run MSDOS Applications in Background Mode Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Intermed. You can run an application in the background from a DOS prompt to save you time.To do this, create a batch file in the c:\windows\command directory (or any other directory in the path) called bg.bat with the following lines:@echo offstart /m %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9:end. For example, to unzip a file in the background, you would run:bg pkunzip foo.zip c:\temp. The DOS prompt will reappear, and the zip file will extract in the background.
Running 3.1 Programs in Windows 95 Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner If you are having problems loading a Windows 3.1 program in Windows 95, go to run and type Mkcompat and hit enter. This brings up a dialog box that gives you a few choices, such as "lie about windows version". Go to file, choose program, and choose the install or setup.
Shut Down Prompt Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner At the screen, IT IS NOW SAFE TO TURN OFF YOU COMPUTER, you can (on most installations of Windows) type "MODE CO80" and it will give you a Command Prompt. You can then type win to start windows again are run any of your DOS programs.
Starting Windows Apps from DOS Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner You can start Windows based applications from a command prompt by simply typing the name of the application you want to run, and specifying any parameters as needed.
Starting Windows95 without the StartupBitmap Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Beginner If you don't want to see the Windows95 Startup Logo anymore, you can edit the "msdos.sys" and add the following command-line: Logo=0
The Run Command Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner Click on the Start button and choose the Run command. Any application or applet in the computer’s path statement will be launched by typing its name.
The Start Command Platform: Windows 95/98/NT User Level: Beginner If you are at a DOS command prompt, and want a visual display of a directory, just type "start .", or "start .." and an open folder pointing to that directory will start on the desktop.
Using Run Command Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Intermed. You can use Run command on an advanced way: choose Run from Start menu and then drag and drop folders/applications/archives on the text dialog. In this way you can start autoexecutables zips with switches (like -d, used to reconstruct directory structure) without the long search at command prompt. Or you can drag an application (like pkunzip) and then an archive for that application.
You're In Windows prompt Platform: Windows 95 User Level: Intermed. Every forget you're in a window's shell??? This little addition to your win.bat will make your prompt read like this when you drop to DOS thru Windows: You're In Windows: C:\WINDOWS All you do for this reminder is add the following line in your win.bat file: SET WINPMT=You're in Windows!$_$P$G. This set's the first line of your DOS prompt to You're in Windows.
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