DOS prompt

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:50:26 -0500, edfair
wrote:


Original post requested command line to be able to run xcopy.


Sorry, that's wrong. The original post said "leave windows to return
to DOS prompt."

That's very different from going to a command line, and is not
possible. What you suggest *may* work for the OP, but it is certainly
*not* what he asked for.



To get to command line:
start run cmd
or
start run command
or
start programs accessories command line
or
the reboot and selective startup to command line using [F8]

any of which might allow the xcopy to work as OP wants it to.

Once again, the fantASStic MVP stated what was wrong, but not what was
right to do.

To achieve the same affect, one simply opens the Command Prompt, often
referred to as the DOS window as a matter of fact. You're still in XP,
but you're in a mode that may run DOS games, commands, etc., depending
on the game/command etc..

I suspect the OP has left this thread with the firm idea that it's
comprised of nothing but butt-heads, and impossible to tell who to
believe or what to believe, and disgusted thanks to the likes of answers
you often give. He'd be right, too: You and others like you have turned
this into a nearly useless group for anyone lacking the expertise to
phrase things exactly as YOU want to see them phrased. Good evidence of
that is your negative statement and lack of addressing the OP's needs.
You need to return to the Clarification and Verification chapters of
Interpersonal Skills assessment.
I'll bet the OP doesn't even CARE whether he "leaves" XP or not,
that's just the best way he had of explaining what his experience is.
All he wanted to know really is how to use the DOS facilities of XP.
And you never gave a positive response to that question.

HTH,

Twayne`