Why DOS is Even Better with Windows 2000
Yes, Windows 2000, based on the NT platform, an operating system that technically is not even built on top of DOS, has a really good DOS prompt. No kidding! I do a lot of Java development with Windows 2000 (no, I’m not making coffee, I’m programming). This type of works causes me to use the DOS prompt a whole lot. With Windows 2000, there are two features I use all the time that dramatically increase my productivity.
TITLE command
I open a lot of windows on the screen at once. Not just one or two, but perhaps ten or twenty. Among these windows are several DOS prompts. I may have one prompt to FTP programs to and from a central server (yes, you can FTP in DOS – read the other tips in MalekTips for more information or ask about it in the forums and I’ll be glad to help). I may have one prompt to compile programs, one to debug applications, one to browse around my hard drive, etc.
If I have four web browsers open and I look on the taskbar to find a browser, I don’t just see “MSIE”, “MSIE”, “MSIE”, and “MSIE”. I’d see “MalekTips.Com”, “AnotherWebsite.something”, “Screensavers”, or other descriptive titles. However, when I look on the taskbar for a specific DOS prompt, I would normally see such descriptive (sic) titles as “Command Prompt”, “Command Prompt”, “Command Prompt”, and “Command Prompt”.
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