Diff: cmd & command.com

hij-h-acker · Post by **hij-h-acker** » 13 Apr 2009, 13:17

ppl say "cmd" n "command.com" are different..once i read somewhere if you wanna run DOS, then u've to run "command.com" from the Run Box n not "cmd".

Please can anybody here elaborate?

hiper · Post by **hiper** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:19

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000395.htm

http://www.chami.com/tips/windows/122096W.html

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mpl ... 00784.html

http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference ... mdexe.html

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchive ... 178446.asp

there u have some links, =) HF

Post by **ayu** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:40

cmd are for NT systems I believe and command.com are for older systems. Like Windows 98 uses command.com, and Windows XP uses cmd. I don't have Windows though so I can't confirm if any of them can be run on the other one.

But basically they are two tool names for the same thing.

7A69 · Post by **7A69** » 13 Apr 2009, 15:03

Command.com exists even in windows 7 beta and according to links posted by hiper the cmd is for 32bit programs and command.com is for comatibility with 16bit programs.

"The bottom line is actually quite simple: use CMD.EXE unless you know you need COMMAND.COM for compatibility with some older 16bit program. And even then, if you try and run a 16 bit program in CMD.EXE, it will typically run it within COMMAND.COM for you anyway, so you still may not need to know or care."

hij-h-acker · Post by **hij-h-acker** » 14 Apr 2009, 14:00

oh thanx guys, askleo link was pretty helpful, n i come 2 d conclusion dat both are more or less the same except for the compatibilty.