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I could be wrong, but I think the command prompt (cmd.exe) is just a command shell sitting on windows SDK calls. There's lots of the DOS-typical commands still
by damian2000 14y ago
I could be wrong, but I think the command prompt (cmd.exe) is just a command shell sitting on windows SDK calls. There's lots of the DOS-typical commands still in there, but its not DOS as such.
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- justin66 14y agoThis gets tricky. In windows 7 32-bit, you'll have cmd.exe and a DOS execution environment which will run a lot of actual DOS binaries. It's not as great or flexible as DOSBox because it can't give you access to actual (or simulated) hardware, which a lot of DOS programs demand, but it works for many things. In windows 7 64-bit, you've got cmd.exe but no execution of DOS binaries (or win16 binaries, for that matter). Since you're almost always better off with DOSBox or the XP virtual environment, no great loss.