DOS box at startup

[Guest John]

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.]

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]

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

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> 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.]

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.

 

 

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: DOS box at startup

 

 

"John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

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> 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.