Guest John Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Hi How can I get win xp to open a DOS box at start-up just after the login is complete? How can I run control panel from command line? Many Thanks Regards
Guest Bill in Co. Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: DOS box at startup How about using a startup folder shortcut to cmd.exe? (Although it is NOT a DOS box, it is a DOS look-alike box. John wrote: > Hi > > How can I get win xp to open a DOS box at start-up just after the login is > complete? > > How can I run control panel from command line? > > Many Thanks > > Regards
Guest John Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: DOS box at startup Tried but it just appears for split second and disappears. I must have missed something. Regards "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:%23CUkV6sEJHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > How about using a startup folder shortcut to cmd.exe? > (Although it is NOT a DOS box, it is a DOS look-alike box. > > John wrote: >> Hi >> >> How can I get win xp to open a DOS box at start-up just after the login >> is >> complete? >> >> How can I run control panel from command line? >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Regards > >
Guest Terry R. Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: DOS box at startup The date and time was 9/9/2008 3:37 PM, and on a whim, John pounded out on the keyboard: > Hi > > How can I get win xp to open a DOS box at start-up just after the login is > complete? > > How can I run control panel from command line? > > Many Thanks > > Regards > > Hi John, As someone said, you can put a shortcut in your Startup folder for cmd.exe. To start Control Panel from a command prompt, type control and press Enter. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: DOS box at startup "John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:urhlhysEJHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi > > How can I get win xp to open a DOS box at start-up just after the login is > complete? > > How can I run control panel from command line? > > Many Thanks > > Regards You may have a rogue file called "cmd.bat" or "cmd.com" somewhere on your machine. See if you can find it. In the meantime start your Command Prompt (which you call "DOS" because it resembles this legacy operating system introced some 30 years ago) with this command: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe.
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