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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:12:06 +0200
From: Daniel Taupin <taupind AT wanadoo DOT fr>
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CC: Daniel Taupin <taupind AT wanadoo DOT fr>
Subject: command.com vs. cmd.exe
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In order to make a portable documentation (possibly associated with a 
portable set of utilities) I want to know:

  Is there in WinNT4, Win2000 and/or WinXP a line command controller 
(i.e. MSDOS emulation windows controller) named COMMAND.COM, in addition 
to the NT usual CMD.EXE ?

  In that case, where is it typically stored (\WINDOWS or \WINNT) or its 
subdir SYSTEM32?

  Second point: somebody (usually competent) told me that (on Win2000 
and/or WinXP) cmd.exe called a command.com when it has to handle a *.bat 
file. Is that true, and under which conditions?


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