Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

This is a new machine on which XP Pro was installed. During installation only the basic options were chosen.<BR>After installation, when I open a MS-DOS prompt, the file and folder names have a ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...

The "Attrib" system command is used to change the attributes of a file from the DOS command line. While modern computers use Windows instead of DOS, the "Command Prompt" feature has the same ...

Moving files around by dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer is a simple task. Many long-time Windows users may never open a DOS command-line window and may not be familiar with commands that were ...

Explore 280+ CMD commands with detailed descriptions across Windows versions, from Windows XP to 11 The Command Prompt in ...

In Windows, users can run DOS programs along side Windows programs. Pressing Alt-Tab switches between all open DOS and Windows applications. DOS programs are usually run in a window so they can be ...

Got a machine that is running Windows 98 SE and is a:<BR><BR>P4 2.0GHz<BR>1.0GB RAM<BR>RAID 80GB hard drive.<BR><BR>The machine needs to run 98 because or a old DOS Point of Sale program. When the ...

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If when you try to move, delete, copy, or rename files/folders in Windows 11/10 and you receive the Invalid MS-DOS Function file error message, then this post will ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Go retro with these powerful commands. Go retro with these powerful commands. Scratch the surface of Windows (and ...

Since 2006, Microsoft has been bundling the PowerShell command-line shell that administrators can use to manage their computers and other computers on a network. "Windows PowerShell is a Windows ...