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Remember MS DOS?
I have a new computer (Win-XP), but I still keep my old one going (W98se). I'm having troubles with my W98se one. Basically, Windows Explorer is not functioning correctly... sometimes not at all! I've posted questions about that, but the thread has been lost/deleted. I'm hoping I can "skin the cat" another way... using DOS. Q1. How do find out which version of DOS I have? Remember I'm running Windows 98se. Does that mean it must be using DOS X.X ? Q2. Where can I find a DOS "refresher tutorial"? I need to bone up on commands. Q3. Is there a "directory tree" command... TREE or XTREE? Thx David |
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David wrote:
Remember MS DOS? I have a new computer (Win-XP), but I still keep my old one going (W98se). I'm having troubles with my W98se one. Basically, Windows Explorer is not functioning correctly... sometimes not at all! I've posted questions about that, but the thread has been lost/deleted. I'm hoping I can "skin the cat" another way... using DOS. Q1. How do find out which version of DOS I have? Remember I'm running Windows 98se. Does that mean it must be using DOS X.X ? Q2. Where can I find a DOS "refresher tutorial"? I need to bone up on commands. Q3. Is there a "directory tree" command... TREE or XTREE? Thx David 1) The VER command 2) http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm 3) As listed on pages mentioned above, the TREE command. |
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... David wrote: Remember MS DOS? I have a new computer (Win-XP), but I still keep my old one going (W98se). I'm having troubles with my W98se one. Basically, Windows Explorer is not functioning correctly... sometimes not at all! I've posted questions about that, but the thread has been lost/deleted. I'm hoping I can "skin the cat" another way... using DOS. Q1. How do find out which version of DOS I have? Remember I'm running Windows 98se. Does that mean it must be using DOS X.X ? Q2. Where can I find a DOS "refresher tutorial"? I need to bone up on commands. Q3. Is there a "directory tree" command... TREE or XTREE? Thx David 1) The VER command I don't think the VER command will give you the version of DOS, but rather the version of Windows, on a Win9x system.....evn if you boot to Command Prompt Only. I may be wrong and I don't have my 98 system on right now. AFAIR Win98 had DOS 7.1 embedded. 2) http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm 3) As listed on pages mentioned above, the TREE command. TREE is not incuded with later versions of DOS, though if you have a copy from an earlier version it still works. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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"RobertVA" wrote in message ... David wrote: Remember MS DOS? I have a new computer (Win-XP), but I still keep my old one going (W98se). I'm having troubles with my W98se one. Basically, Windows Explorer is not functioning correctly... sometimes not at all! I've posted questions about that, but the thread has been lost/deleted. I'm hoping I can "skin the cat" another way... using DOS. Q1. How do find out which version of DOS I have? Remember I'm running Windows 98se. Does that mean it must be using DOS X.X ? Q2. Where can I find a DOS "refresher tutorial"? I need to bone up on commands. Q3. Is there a "directory tree" command... TREE or XTREE? Thx David 1) The VER command I don't think the VER command will give you the version of DOS, but rather the version of Windows, on a Win9x system.....evn if you boot to Command Prompt Only. I may be wrong and I don't have my 98 system on right now. AFAIR Win98 had DOS 7.1 embedded. 2) http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm 3) As listed on pages mentioned above, the TREE command. TREE is not incuded with later versions of DOS, though if you have a copy from an earlier version it still works. TREE.COM is available as part of the OLDDOS download too Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID: 135315 has a link. See the section marked "How to Download CD-ROM Extras from Online Services". You may need to use Internet Explorer to get the section of the article with the links. Article Title: CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade Downloading might not be necessary though, as SOME Windows 9x installation CDs had the OLDDOS.EXE file on them. My Windows 98 Upgrade CD has the olddos file on it. The file properties and windows 98 "System Information" don't contradict the "Windows 98.4.10.1998" that the VER command reports, but Microsoft Knowledgebase article 188795 does mention DOS version 7.0 in connection with "Windows 98 Standard Edition". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_DOS_Comparison Somebody must have changed their mind. TREE.COM works in my Windows XP Home SP2 and I don't recall copying it from the expanded OLDDOS folder to the directory where Command prompt external commands are located. I had made a brief test to see if the QBASIC.EXE (also in olddos) would load in XP. |
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TREE was brought back in WinXP. :-)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "RobertVA" wrote in message ... glee wrote: "RobertVA" wrote in message ... David wrote: Remember MS DOS? I have a new computer (Win-XP), but I still keep my old one going (W98se). I'm having troubles with my W98se one. Basically, Windows Explorer is not functioning correctly... sometimes not at all! I've posted questions about that, but the thread has been lost/deleted. I'm hoping I can "skin the cat" another way... using DOS. Q1. How do find out which version of DOS I have? Remember I'm running Windows 98se. Does that mean it must be using DOS X.X ? Q2. Where can I find a DOS "refresher tutorial"? I need to bone up on commands. Q3. Is there a "directory tree" command... TREE or XTREE? Thx David 1) The VER command I don't think the VER command will give you the version of DOS, but rather the version of Windows, on a Win9x system.....evn if you boot to Command Prompt Only. I may be wrong and I don't have my 98 system on right now. AFAIR Win98 had DOS 7.1 embedded. 2) http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm 3) As listed on pages mentioned above, the TREE command. TREE is not incuded with later versions of DOS, though if you have a copy from an earlier version it still works. TREE.COM is available as part of the OLDDOS download too Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID: 135315 has a link. See the section marked "How to Download CD-ROM Extras from Online Services". You may need to use Internet Explorer to get the section of the article with the links. Article Title: CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade Downloading might not be necessary though, as SOME Windows 9x installation CDs had the OLDDOS.EXE file on them. My Windows 98 Upgrade CD has the olddos file on it. The file properties and windows 98 "System Information" don't contradict the "Windows 98.4.10.1998" that the VER command reports, but Microsoft Knowledgebase article 188795 does mention DOS version 7.0 in connection with "Windows 98 Standard Edition". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_DOS_Comparison Somebody must have changed their mind. TREE.COM works in my Windows XP Home SP2 and I don't recall copying it from the expanded OLDDOS folder to the directory where Command prompt external commands are located. I had made a brief test to see if the QBASIC.EXE (also in olddos) would load in XP. |
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