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Re: Cygwin on Win 2000


FYI everyone...

Command.com really *should* be there.  You really *shouldn't* ever use it directly, though.

If you launch a console app which turns out to be 16-bit, NT/2000/XP automatically instantiates command.com (and then passes all of its operations  back to CMD.EXE).


I suspect the OPs problem is that since he tried to launch under command.com, it choked since cygwin is 32-bit.  This can just be resolved by calling CMD instead of COMMAND  in the "run" box.

"Lapo Luchini" <lapo@lapo.it> wrote in message 3C98D3D8.5B8C115A@lapo.it">news:3C98D3D8.5B8C115A@lapo.it...
: > Mine was a clean install in each case with only the service packs and
: > some patches being added.
: 
: I installed it from scratch every time but the first (of course...) but
: \winnt\system32\command.com is definitely there, in Win98 is
: widows\command\command.com.. be it an upgrade of a from scratch.
: But wait.. when you open command prompt... (well I guess you can open
: command prompt, yes?) which executable appears in the task manager?
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