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- From: sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Subject: Re: NT hang?
- Message-ID: <1577@anagld.analytics.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 03:16:00 GMT
- References: <95436add@pony.Ingres.COM> <1935237a@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org> <1992Aug19.005634.8357@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division
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- rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
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- >How are we supposed to run the development tools without opening a window?
- >This thing that says "MS-DOS prompt" actually runs 'cmd.exe'. I'm still
- >not sure if this is a true DOS window or just capable of executing DOS
- >apps, but I know I have to open it to use the debuggers and compiler.
-
- The MS-DOS window is actually an NT command prompt. If you run a DOS
- executable, NT kicks of something like DOSX which loads DOS, executes your
- program and then returns to the NT command prompt. This is why Norton's
- ncd program will not work for NT.
-