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You do not have to type win.com, you can just type win. Or win with a
switch. Works for Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows 95 and Windows 98.
Does not work from Windows ME, unless you do a tweak, or any other versions
of Windows. Especially does *not* work with Windows XP.
Windows 95/98 Win.com Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=142544
Windows 3.1 WIN.COM Command Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=82731
WIN.COM is the executable file located in windows directory used to load
Microsoft Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95 and 98.
Pathext environment variable lists the file extensions that are considered
to be executable and controls what extensions have to typed.
It was true with MS-DOS and still true with XP and probably 2003.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Donald L McDaniel <orthocrossNOSPAM@skycasters.net> hunted and pecked:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:19:01 -0700, "DaleB"
> <DaleB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> You say the answer is no for XP. OK.
>> Now, how abouit for Windows 98 or 95 ?
>> Is the correct command 'windows' or something else ?
>
> The correct command under Windows 9x is "win.com" (this files lives in
> C:\Windows).
>
> **** NOTE that this command will not work for Windows XP, since the
> file does not exist on Windows XP ****
>
> I don't know what the correct command was for Windows 95.
>
> There is no start-up command for Windows XP, since XP is not built on
> a DOS foundation, and it is not possible to "boot to DOS" unless there
> is a partition on your HD containing the MS-DOS operating system to
> which to boot, or unless you have a MS-DOS startup floppy from which
> to boot.
>
>>
>> Thanx !
>>
>> "Malke" wrote:
>>
>>> DaleB wrote:
>>>
>>>> This does not answer my question:
>>>>
>>>> If I start the computer from a floopy so that it is in the DOS mode,
>>>> what command(s) do I have to give in order to start execution
>>>> of Windows ? What is the name of the Windows file (e.g., ???.exe)
>>>> that must be run to start Windows ?
>>>>
>>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
>>>>>
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "DaleB" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can Windws XP be starting by giving a command on the
>>>>>> command line of a "DOS Window" , either from the
>>>>>> C: drive or a floppy drive where you booted with an
>>>>>> emergency backup disk ? If so, what are the details ?
>>>
>>> If I understand your question correctly, you want to know if you can
>>> start XP from the commandline the way you could start Win 3.1 or 9x
>>> from DOS by typing "windows". The answer is no.
>>>
>>> If you are talking about the 6 XP boot floppy disks that are used to
>>> install XP if your computer can't boot from the cd drive (since all XP
>>> installation cd's are bootable), then here is the information about
>>> that:
>>>
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994
>>>
>>> Malke
>>> --
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>>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>>
>
> Donald L McDaniel
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