[MrCoffee]

Umm I don't think so, but you can add additional command line programs in things like for example the xp support tools pack, but that might be a little beyond your current scope.

Download details: Windows XP SP2 Support Tools for Advanced Users

[mattew]

well u said it right ... it went beyond my head neways... as far as i understood those were the updated tools for the .exe files wat connection do they have with the dos..

[MrCoffee]

well these days the only reason you're using "dos" is for the xp command line utilities, things like the tcp/ip tool suite for example and there are a whole bunch of cool programs and utils out there like nmap and putty for networking etc..

I rarely use batchfiles these days except for drive mappings and stuff like that.

[mattew]

well i am planning to write some batch programs which customize windows xp to core level so i must know its ins n outs abt it , otherwise i would mes it up ....
as far as i know its one of the means to get to the abyss of the operating system.....

[MrCoffee]

incorrect assumption I'm afraid, you can do some things from the command line that you can't do from the GUI but generally speaking the GUI is much more powerful.

Windows is not a command line based OS, the command line is an add-on.

I don't really know of any instances of batch files being used to "customize" windows these days. That sort of thing would be done with real programming or group policy.

let me tell you this about batch files, and don't be too discouraged, but batch files are retarded - creating batch files cannot be called programming, and it barely qualifies as scripting. There is very little power in batch files and generally speaking they have few uses - only system admins use them really and not for anything interesting.

Yes the command line can be powerful and can be useful (for some things) but batch files are a largely irrelevant capability.

If I were you I'd familiarise myself with the management console and the various snap-in's (type mmc from run)

[mattew]

i recently read a book about the malicious code writers these people aren't categorized as virus maker or spammers or Trojan makers or whatever u call..
they just write codes (basically batch files) which totally ruined ur system..
and those batch files cannot be detected by ne means (i dont know how they designed it to make it virtually undetectable) and technically speaking when i found those codes they were too good (i dont have ne malicious intents) just had a curiosity to learn abt them (advanced stuff of batch filing)
in short i am totally baffled n dont know where to start from....

i runed that command "mmc" a window named console 1 had opened wat does that mmc stand for n wat is that all about....

[MrCoffee]

look mattew, I can't take the time to teach you all about windows, I suggest that if you're really interested you look at a MS certification, or at least the training material.

Google is your friend

MMC - Microsoft Management Console

[mattew]

well thnx buddy i will look forward for those certifications then......
u did a gr8 help for me....

[MrCoffee]

Oh one last thing, some tips!

The most concise reference you're going to find on the command line is probably Microsoft's own help file: enter this at run:

hh ntcmds.chm

And one of the most useful bits of information when you're starting out with batchfiles is knowing how to view the errorlevel returned by a command, at the prompt type:

echo %errorlevel%

to view the errorlevel of the last run command.


Feel free to ask any batch file specific questions if you get stuck.