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Difference between DOS & Command-line?
Wig
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I have a program which says it runs in "Command line" people in the comments said that means DOS, other people in the comments said they tried it in DOS and got error message. I installed the program, and tried restarting computer in DOS, I tried the program and it said "This program does not work in DOS". So after much head bashing I finally found out that to run it you have to click "start" "run" "command" which opens a DOS window within Windows, then you can run the file from its location, i.e. F:\
So why does this program work in psuedo DOS but not DOS proper? I didn't know there was a difference until now.
In order to make the program more efficient wouldn't the programmer be able to make it run outside of windows, either by restarting in DOS or using a startup disk on the computer at boot up Surely where it is running now the computer is having to keep Windows running in the background.
So why does this program work in psuedo DOS but not DOS proper? I didn't know there was a difference until now.
In order to make the program more efficient wouldn't the programmer be able to make it run outside of windows, either by restarting in DOS or using a startup disk on the computer at boot up Surely where it is running now the computer is having to keep Windows running in the background.
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There is no longer DOS in the same way it was with DOS 3,4,5,6 etc since windows 2000 DOS has been run as a program within windows.
how did you restart the computer in DOS? are you running a windows 9x machine? it was possible to have a full blown version of DOS installed on the older versions of windows but not now unless you have a dual boot.
Command line is a simulated DOS screen.0 -
Windows 98 SE
Yeah, shutdown menu - restart in DOS mode, but the program doesn't work in that way, only by using the "command" as described above, why doesn't the program work in what I assume is real DOS ?0 -
what is the program? it may only run in DOS. the latest version before it stopped being installed was 6.22 I think. This was installed prior to windows 3.11 being installed. Nowadays windows take care of things like this for you.In the early days you had to change you config.file to get enough free memory to run programs. when you say it runs in the command line this only means that if a program, or cd doesn't auto run you can manually start the program via the command line. for example typing d:\fishing.prog.exe in the command prompt window. Confused I am0
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pretty sure it's to do with the virtual drivers in win 98, thats why it will only run from the command line.0
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