Can you use a command line to keep a dos window open

[Metspitzer]

Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?

 

[Andy Burns]

Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?

Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog

Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
into the "dos" window once it opens ...

 

[Metspitzer]

Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog

Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
into the "dos" window once it opens ...

Thanks

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog

Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
into the "dos" window once it opens ...

You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
in the Run box.

For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
the Run box.

 

[Metspitzer]

You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
in the Run box.

For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
the Run box.

The old Run box would save old command lines. Win7 doesn't seem to. I
may have switched it off.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Metspitzer.

In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

RC
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"Metspitzer" wrote in message

You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
in the Run box.

For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
the Run box.

The old Run box would save old command lines. Win7 doesn't seem to. I
may have switched it off.

 

[Metspitzer]

Hi, Metspitzer.

In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

RC

Thanks

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Hi, Metspitzer.

In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

RC

In my Windows 7 Command Window, I cannot choose a zero size command
history buffer. Also there is the "Number of Buffers" parameter; I can't
make that zero either.

*But* - I can make them both 1, which is a very short history

I did set them back to the defaults, Buffer Size = 50 and Number of
Buffers = 4

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

In my Windows 7 Command Window, I cannot choose a zero size command
history buffer. Also there is the "Number of Buffers" parameter; I can't
make that zero either.

*But* - I can make them both 1, which is a very short history

I did set them back to the defaults, Buffer Size = 50 and Number of
Buffers = 4

BTW, I have no idea what the "Number of Buffers" thing is all about...

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Hi, Metspitzer.

In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things,
how large a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

That is for command line history, accessed with up and down arrows, not
Run box commands.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

The old Run box would save old command lines. Win7 doesn't seem to.
I
may have switched it off.

I suspect you are just using the search box that pops up when you
click the Start button instead of the actual Run box, so the first
thing to do is enable the Run box -
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-run-command-on-windows-vista-start-menu/

I don't use it under Windows 7 so I don't know if that will give you
the command history or not.

 

[Bob I]

I suspect you are just using the search box that pops up when you
click the Start button instead of the actual Run box, so the first
thing to do is enable the Run box -
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-run-command-on-windows-vista-start-menu/

I don't use it under Windows 7 so I don't know if that will give you
the command history or not.

Use Winkey+R, and yes there are prior commands like XP

 

[James Silverton]

Use Winkey+R, and yes there are prior commands like XP

I have W7 desktop shortcut to the Command Prompt and the window stays
open until I close it.

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