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Steve Hayes wrote:
Rubbish.
What he wanted to know was how to use the xcopy command.
He didn't say he wanted to "exit" Windows at all.
He wanted to leave the GUI in order to enter the xcopy command at
the command line.
navnah;
Click on your start button, find and click on RUN and in the blank, type in
the following:
cmd /k xcopy /?
then you should click the OK button.
This will bring up a command prompt where you can issue all sorts of command
line scripts and use all sorts of command line tools. It will also give you
the HELP for the XCOPY command still built in Windows XP.
If - in the future - you just want the command prompt, the command you type
will be just:
cmd
and a new command prompt will open. You could also look under the
"Accessories" under the "All Programs" of your Start menu and find the
command prompt icon that will do something similar.
Everyone else;
Semantics and religious zealotry when it comes to this particular material?
Really?
Quoting the question word for word...
"How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt?"
What do you know, the word "exit" was not used. Only the word "leave".
http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exit
"exit (verb)" entry...
Meaning: to leave a place often for another
However - this argument is just getting silly now. The original poster is
the only one that could clarify what they meant to say/wanted to do and with
all the ridiculous bickering (yep - I just added to it in fun and to
demonstrate the level this has gotten to... or actually, dropped to) I doubt
that will ever occur. ;-)
What one says and what one means may not be an exact reflection of one
another. Go funhouse mirrors!
Entire conversation:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...aeca3a701120b/
42 responses for one query and one statement of purpose. Amazing(ly
ridiculous.)
Continue bickering amongst yourselves. I guess better over this than
anything serious. ;-)
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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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