Stupid Dos question

[kiepie]

Stupid Dos question indeed.

In my DOS it say

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\

I want it at C:\

only

 

[Telkomisaloser]

type these three lines
cd...
cd...
cls

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Or just cd\ - which takes you back to the root of the current drive

 

[Telkomisaloser]

Or just cd\ - which takes you back to the root of the current drive

I've learnt something

 

[kiepie]

What is the > in front of mine

C:\>

want to do the following

1.Close all other applications before launching HP USB Key ROMPAQ Setup Utility.

2.On the Windows Task Bar select Start, then Run, and enter
the following on the command line:
cmd

3.In the command prompt window enter the following command line:
[Path]\install x:
(where x is the drive letter of the USB flash media device)

 

[Telkomisaloser]

Hmmmm I made a patch that allows you to start up in C:\ only....

Cmd config.zip

P.s. it also contains a patch that reverts it back to the default

 

[Smooth Criminal]

I've learnt something

Yeah there's a lot of shortcuts that you pick up as you go along. Two others which save me a lot of time -

- change from any folder to any folder just put the path within quotes eg. C:\WINDOWS>cd "c:\program files"

- display history of previous commands: shift+F7, no need to keep track of your previous commands by pressing up or down.

 

[mancombseepgood]

What is the > in front of mine

C:\>

want to do the following

Ignore that > in the path - that's just your cue to type (i.e. path is finished).
If it says C:\> then you are at root of C (generally).
If you really have to see C:\ at the prompt, just enter:
Prompt=$P
It may make you feel better (although will be functionally identical to the c:\> prompt lol)

You can also do: prompt $P $G $T $G
In fact, while you're at it, enter:
prompt $P "<--- This is where you are, your wish is my command..."

Just for laffs

If you have time, skim through this:
http://home.att.net/~gobruen/progs/dos_batch/dos_intro.html
or
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvdt.htm

 

[Cyberdude]

Do you remember the good old DOS days? I started using computers with DOS 3.1 I think it was.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Aaahhh ... those where the days. Thats prob why I love LINUX - you can do so much in the command shell/terminal.

I'm Old School

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Same here.

When you added DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS you are able to change the dos prompt's colors

My fave trick was to enter

PROMPT $PPORN$G

which'll display C:\PORN> at the command prompt

 

[AirWolf]

Do you remember the good old DOS days? I started using computers with DOS 3.1 I think it was.

My high school was poor - you had to boot the pcs with a floppy dos disk . By the time I got to matric they did have 4 or 5 Windows 98 machines.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

My high school was poor - you had to boot the pcs with a floppy dos disk . By the time I got to matric they did have 4 or 5 Windows 98 machines.

What? No Win95 PC's?

 

[Srack0verflow]

What is the > in front of mine
C:\>

right, this may sound very stupid, but it's a greathen than sign $g, check prompt /? if you don't believe me

3.In the command prompt window enter the following command line:
[Path]\install x:
(where x is the drive letter of the USB flash media device)

did you come right with this?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

It is C:\>

or C:\Windows>

or C:\dos>

or whatever

 

[Srack0verflow]

haai, the c;\ whatever is the current drive and path, the $p argument of the prompt command. sorry to be so technical about it, but when it comes to DOS i pretty much own it.

 

[AirWolf]

What? No Win95 PC's?

Well it might have been a few Win95 and a couple Win98