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Windows XP Support >> DOS How would I access DOS in Windows XP SP2?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Windows XP793

Windows XP Support >> DOS Hi,
There is no DOS in windows xp. You can access the command prompt either by
going to run then type in cmd. Or there is a shortcut that can be found at
All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt.

hope that helps you find what you need
Neil
"Barry Karas" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> How would I access DOS in Windows XP SP2?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Barry Karas

Windows XP Support >> DOS XP has virtual dos emulators for running dos apps. The usual one used is =
cmd.exe---the 32-bit emulator/virtual machine. The alternate is =
command.com--for older dos dinosaurs. You can start a command-prompt =
session, by Start menu/Run / cmd.exe (or command.com). =20
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Use this as a guide. It is useful.
Running Nonnative Applications in Windows 2000 Professional (applies =
to XP as well)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/TechNet/prod=
technol/windows2000pro/reskit/part8/proch36.asp

The XP system does not use the old Config.sys or autoexec.bat. You may =
setup your own or use Config.NT and Autoexec.nt. (in \windows\system32 =
or yours may be at \winnt\system32 ). Thus you need to research the =
dos-startup files you had before, and transfer their commands over to =
the .NT set, as appropriate.

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-Based Programs in Windows - Article ID 314106
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;;314106

Using Program Information Files (PIF) (like we used to use in Win9x/Me) =
is a good idea.
Bring up Help and Support (from the XP menus). Search on "create custom =
startup files for an MS-DOS-based program".
First, setup a shortcut to the program. Then go thru the "properties" of =
shortcut to specify what it needs.

Look up in XP's Help and Support Center, in its search box:
"Set up two shortcuts for an MS-DOS program "
"Create or change a PIF"

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Barry Karas wrote:
> How would I access DOS in Windows XP SP2?
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> Thank you,
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> Barry Karas

Windows XP Support >> DOS Barry Karas wrote:
> How would I access DOS in Windows XP SP2?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Barry Karas

Not to put too fine a point on it, you don't.

There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit graphical
operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation, has never
used, included, or "ridden upon" MS-DOS. The Recovery Console's CLI
(Command Line Interface) is the closest you can come to the old "DOS
mode." What, precisely, are you trying to accomplish?

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Windows XP Support >> DOS A rose by any other name is still a rose - no matter how you name it - DOS
is still with XP.. Copied from Help & Support:
"command prompt window
A window displayed on the desktop used to interface with the MS-DOS
operating system. MS-DOS commands are typed at an entry point identified by
a blinking cursor." (End of quote)

Also a available in C:\Windows\System32 is "(DOS Icon) -Command" which opens
a window titled "MS-DOS prompt"- vice using "CMD" which opens a window
titled "C:\....\....\CMD.Exe"
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Windows XP Support >> DOS Bruce is exactly on-point. XP does NOT have a true DOS. It's an =
emulated version of DOS.
And you cannot run real mode dos-programs, and you can't have real mode =
drivers, as you could in true dos.
So his reply to the OP is well made.

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Al Romanosky wrote:
> A rose by any other name is still a rose - no matter how you name it
> - DOS is still with XP.. Copied from Help & Support:
> "command prompt window
> A window displayed on the desktop used to interface with the MS-DOS
> operating system. MS-DOS commands are typed at an entry point
> identified by a blinking cursor." (End of quote)
>=20
> Also a available in C:\Windows\System32 is "(DOS Icon) -Command"
> which opens a window titled "MS-DOS prompt"- vice using "CMD" which
> opens a window titled "C:\....\....\CMD.Exe"