Interactive commands for XP

I m looking for a guide for commands in Windows XP like how to add a new folder , add a new shortcut on desktop etc' , I would like to input those command's in a .BAT file to excute this file.

Thank's

 

Paste the following line in the target line of a new shortcut:

%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

(or just run it from the RUN Window.)

It will give you all the available commands for XP.

 

Thank's surferdude2 , I looked at the commands in the listing , most of them r similar to Dos commands, I was looking for example a command that creates a shortcut to the desktop indicating a shortcut to a program on the HDD , couldn't find such things .

 

That's about all there is to offer without you writing your own programs.

Batch file are pretty restrictive to the certain commands and protocols that I referenced. Batch files have great power but they have their limitations when it comes to interfacing with a GUI that isn't DOS based.

In the old days of Win9X, every GUI command had an equivalent DOS command. With the advent of XP, that's no longer the case. XP does not run on DOS. It has a DOS emulator for legacy support but many of the native GUI commands in XP have no Command Line counterpart.

Taking the example that you mentioned, creating a Desktop Shortcut for a program executable, all that you need to do in the XP GUI is, right-click the exucutable and select "Send To" > Desktop As Shortcut" and it's a done deal. On the other hand, you can't do that from the command line using any means I know of that wouldn't require you to call up a program you have created for assistance.

Writing your own programs isn't all that hard once you grasp the basics but the basics seem to be the big stumbling point for many people.

Good luck in your quest.

 

cmd wild card?

Forgive me if this is posted already, my search didn't find it.

I know that if you put cmd in the RUN you get a prompt window in Windows XP (Home Edition SP2). If you don't know the command, for a certain action exactly, how do you get a list of all the possibilities?

Eg: in RUN: ipconfig /all or Netstat -no

How could you find these commands, if you didn't know them already?

Alicia

 

Thanks Tony

Alicia

 

If you wish, you can use scripting to create your shortcut.

 

Thanks.

Alicia

 

Thank's WhitPhil , Finnely I secssed to get an answer to my question , might be I didn't put my question properly from the begining. Your answer helped me very much , thank's again.

 

I assume those scripts can be written in an myfile.bat ??????

 

You could use a command line to run VB script from within a batch file and it will work. Just insert the complete path to the VB file as a line in your batch file. Don't forget to use quotation marks if there are embedded spaces in the path.

It's sort of like putting a wagon wheel on a jet plane but it'll get the job done.

My point in the first post was to encourage you to learn VB scripting since it can give you much more power as opposed to commingling VBS with batch file script. Perhaps in the process of adapting the example that was posted, you'll get inspired to learn more about VBS and Windows Scripting. That's when the fun starts!

 

Thank's surferdude2 , I made VB script , it's working fine now. Thank's all