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Yes, however there are a few commands that don't work in XP.
New ways to do familiar tasks...
Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm:
dos_diffs.htm
Click OK.
Scroll down to Unavailable MS-DOS Commands
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Wes
In news:e7uld.2310$uy6.315@newsfe5-win.ntli.net,
enquirer <enquirer.com@virgin.net> hunted and pecked:
> When I first started using computers, I composed many .bat files to
> carry out repetitive tasks. Now I'm using Windows, I would like to
> write batch files for friends, to help them do certain tasks.
>
> Can I do the same under Windows?
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