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- Windows Command Readme file
-
- Welcome to Windows Command!
-
- What is Windows Command?
- Windows Command is a command line interface designed for the Microsoft
- Windows environment. It combines the features of enhanced DOS command line
- interpreters with the ability to access the features of Windows. These features
- include:
- * command history/recall
- * filename completion
- * command aliases
- * multiple commands per line
- * redirection of standard output
- * a complete command set including MOVE and EXCEPT
- * minimize, maximize or close any window from the command line
- * set Windows filename associations from the command line
- * much more!
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- When and why would I use Windows Command?
- Windows Command can be used any time you would normally run a DOS shell
- such as COMMAND.COM under Windows in any mode. This means you can have "DOS"
- running in a window under 386 Enhanced, Standard, and even Real mode Windows!
- You can also use Windows Command as your Windows shell, instead of Program Manager
- or File Manager. This is nice if you are used to using the command line in DOS,
- and find you can issue commands faster by typing than by dragging your mouse
- around. If you don't have a mouse, you will find that Windows Command makes it
- much easier to access the abilities of Windows.
- Since Windows Command is a true Windows program, you can start any
- Windows program from the command line, which is impossible from DOS shells,
- and you will also use less memory, and less system resources than if you ran
- a DOS program under 386 Enhanced mode Windows (Windows Command takes as little as
- 55K of RAM).
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- How do I use Windows Command?
- Using Program Manager, File Manager, or another Windows Shell program,
- execute the File Run command from the menu, and type WCOMMAND.EXE (don't forget
- to include the pathname to the directory it is in: e.g. C:\WIN\APPS\WCOMMAND.EXE),
- then press ENTER, and Windows Command will start. That's it! If you need help at
- any time, press F1, issue the HELP command at the command line, or choose a Help
- option from the menu. Since Windows Command uses most of the same commands and
- conventions as COMMAND.COM for DOS, you can use your DOS reference manual to help
- you get started, as well.
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- What files should I have received with Windows Command?
- The complete package contains the following files:
- README.DOC General information about Windows Command (this file!)
- ORDER.TXT an order form for registering Windows Command
- RELEASE.TXT notes on releases of Windows Command
- WCOMMAND.EXE the Windows Command executable file
- WCOMMAND.HLP the Windows Command help file
- Anyone is free to distribute this unregistered package of Windows Command
- provided that all the above files remain together in the package.
-
- Why should I register Windows Command?
- If you like Windows Command and want to use it as your shell or just
- as a Windows utility, you may find that the opening introductory screens become
- tiresome. The screens also take up about 30K of disk space in the executable
- file. Those screens are there to introduce new users to Windows Command, and to
- remind you that your copy of Windows Command is not a registered copy (plus.. I
- must admit.. creating the screens was fun!). The registered version eliminates
- these screens, and allows you access to all the available features of Windows
- Command. These extra features are documented in the file RELEASE.TXT, which should
- have accompanied this package.
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- How do I register Windows Command?
- All the information you need is in the opening screens, or in the file
- ORDER.TXT, which should have accompanied this package. You can view any of the
- .TXT or .DOC files that came with Windows Command by using Notepad, which ships
- with Microsoft Windows.
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- What if I have an idea for a feature I'd like to see in Windows Command?
- By all means, send it to me! I'd love to hear your ideas, and am looking
- forward to incorporating more features. You can write to me at the address below:
- Michael B. Tierney
- 205 Inglewood Dr.
- Pittsburgh, PA 15228 USA
- I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
-