Hello All, this is my first post. Anyhow, I am running Windows XP Professional with SP3 and I'm the Administrator. Anyhow, I'm trying to execute a basic .exe MZ file from the cmd. I get "This program cannot be run in DOS mode". I don't understand why an .exe, the most basic one MZ cannot be run in dos mode. Is this a restriction set by the Administrator? (Maybe in control panel-administrative tools-local security policy?) I've done some reading and have heard that I may need to tweak some options by right clicking on the title bar of the cmd shell and changing something that has to deal with not letting windows interefere or that windows compatibility is turned on. However, I think that option is only for Windows 98 and is not available in winxp pro. I've tried right clicking on the file in windows explorer, going to properties and making a .pif file for it by trying all the different compatibilities just to try everything out. Still the same error gets returned. Is it because cmd is not a true DOS OS?
Also, what's the difference between a cmd shell and a command shell?
Under the cmd shell, I'm missing a bunch of the old dos commands like where, su, kill and a bunch of other ones. Where can I download the binaries? Would I just copy them to the c:\windows\system32 dir? No need to compile or anything?
Also, the boot file that can be edited through control panel-system-advanced-startup and recovery-edit? What's the exact path leading to the file? Or is the only way to edit the file through that gui?
Lastly, what's the command in cmd to show all the processes with their numbers so that I can kill processes.
Also, what's the difference between a cmd shell and a command shell?
Under the cmd shell, I'm missing a bunch of the old dos commands like where, su, kill and a bunch of other ones. Where can I download the binaries? Would I just copy them to the c:\windows\system32 dir? No need to compile or anything?
Also, the boot file that can be edited through control panel-system-advanced-startup and recovery-edit? What's the exact path leading to the file? Or is the only way to edit the file through that gui?
Lastly, what's the command in cmd to show all the processes with their numbers so that I can kill processes.