Command Prompt

[Michael Geary]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Minor issue: on Win XP, there is a "command" and a "cmd".
> Here's the visible difference between the two:
>
> c:\>cmd
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> c:\>command
> Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
>
> Presumably there are other, more significant differences
> as well.
>
> Probably advisable to use "cmd" under WinXP, but that's
> just a hunch.

There's a huge difference between the two. cmd.exe is a 32-bit console
application, and command.com is a 16-bit DOS application. You definitely
want cmd.exe on the NT versions of Windows (NT, 2000, XP).

-Mike