Running programs from dos

Thanks for your feedback. Ever since Vista Windows no longer has a full screen DOS-like command processor so none of those old full screen programs will run without some sort of emulation program. The "Microsoft's virtual solution" you are thinking about is very specific to Win7 Pro but there are several other "free" virtualization options out there, including Microsoft's own pre-Win7 version of Virtual PC which runs in any version of Windows from XP and up.

There is also a service pack update for this. Aside from that there are also VirtualBox and VMware Player for creating virtual machines running within windows. With these you don't need to source another OS to install in a virtual environment they come with freeware DOS. Once installed D-Fend Reloaded is run like any Windows program. This has worked with all previous versions of Windows Has anyone found a way around the bit, bit error and been able to run old DOS programs?

The Compatibility Module Microsoft provides to run programs under earlier versions does not help. I changed over to Microsoft's Money in but they have now discontinued that And the games, oh yes, the games! Command Prompt is one of the command-line interface programs used to execute commands in Windows operating systems.

Some popular Command Prompt commands you might have heard of include ping, netstat, tracert, shutdown, and attrib, but there are many more. We have a complete list here. While Command Prompt probably isn't a tool most of you will use on a regular basis, it can really come in handy now and then, maybe to troubleshoot a specific Windows problem or to automate some kind of task.

How you open Command Prompt differs between Windows versions, so you'll find steps below for Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 8. In more recent versions of Windows 10, Command Prompt has been replaced by PowerShell, but you can still access it from the Power User Menu by editing the taskbar settings. Swipe up to show the Apps screen. You can accomplish the same thing with a mouse by clicking on the down arrow icon at the bottom of the screen.

Prior to the Windows 8. If you're using a keyboard or mouse, a really quick way to open a Command Prompt window in Windows 8 is through the Power User Menu—just hold the WIN and X keys down together, or right-click the Start button , and choose Command Prompt. Swipe or scroll to the right on the Apps screen to locate the Windows System section heading. You can now execute whatever command you needed to run.

See our List of Windows 8 Command Prompt Commands for a complete list of the commands available through Command Prompt in Windows 8, including short descriptions and links to more in-depth information if we have it. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, it's a bit faster to enter command in the search box at the bottom of the Start Menu and then click Command Prompt when it appears in the results. Use Command Prompt to execute commands.

This program is located in the Start Menu, and can be opened with the command run command. Some commands, like the sfc command that's used to repair Windows files, require that Command Prompt be opened as an administrator before they can be executed. You'll know if this is the case if you get a 'check that you have administrative rights' , ' Thornton 3, 2 2 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges.

Patrick Desjardins Patrick Desjardins k 82 82 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Note that this will do not nice things if you are using the console interactively instead of just double-clicking on a batch file.

Generally there is little to no need to ever put exit into a batch file. I tried this command in Win8. I'm not sure if it's different, but note that you must provide it with a Window title as your first parameter. When I would run it the way Patrick described, it would just open a new command prompt with "myProgram.

Note that if your command contains spaces and you put it into quotes, you must add an extra quoted parameter before it, as START interprets the first quoted parameter as window name and only the folowing second parameter as command name.

Lasse V. Karlsen Lasse V. Karlsen k 95 95 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. If not, call a vb script wscript. CreateObject "WScript. Shell" WshShell. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. VonC VonC 1. Zosimas Zosimas 4 4 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. Chris Dail Chris Dail The "title" option is important.

If path of the program includes spaces it has to be enclosed by quotes thus we have to add "title" to avoid failure. If you close the main window, the background process 'myprogram.

Gilco Gilco 1, 12 12 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. This isn't an answer to the question — jeb. Was the solution for me. The Dos window opens but closes again and the solution works. I don't understand the downvotes i upvoted — JoeFox. Me Either. Gerhard Gerhard This made my day.