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        <title><![CDATA[Copy and Paste with right-click]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-307922-3071988]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Go to the properties of the cmd window and check the Quickedit mode check box. click OK and choose &quot;Modify shortcut that started this window&quot;. Now you can select with the mouse same way you do in any window. One click with the right button will copy the highlited text. Another one will paste it in the same window or you can use CTRL+V to paste it in a different application. Very convenient....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[liviu.obreja@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:04:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Detail Info]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Details - always good to know the details.I tried the F7, then right cursor, I was thinking Right Mouse Click -Tried the Right Directional Arrow on the keyboard &quot;BINGO&quot; that was it.Good to know - could see how that could be useful to then edit what was laid out on the screen.Also - once on the command screen, you can use directional arrow to place your cursor where you want it and edit the line, instead of using the back key, and deleting the  line up to a point.Thanks Jim/JrubyRon/eyesak]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:36:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did you notice the quotes?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Look closely where it says &quot;CD &quot;. There was a reason for the quotes, so that the space in the command would show. Guess I should have mentioned it, too. Sorry for any confusion.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[worley84]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:56:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Open CMD with keystroke]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To enable opening the command prompt with a quick keystroke, namely ctrl + alt + (key), use the built-in 'shortcut key' option for shortcuts.find or place a shortcut to the command prompt (cmd.exe) in your start menu or on your desktop and and open its properties.  In the &quot;Shortcut Key:&quot; box under the shortcut tab, type the key you wish to use with Ctrl and Alt to open the command prompt.This can be used for any shortcut on your desktop or in your start menu.You may also want to check out Mike Lin's Command line, or MCL, available at Mike Lin's Homepage www.mlin.net.  This places a single line run/cmd box on the desktop.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[njmezza@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 06:46:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[dots]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do not recall the multiple dot flavor of cd.Of course, there is always the dreaded &quot;del .&quot; which is the same as &quot;del  *.*&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[samuel.a.dyck@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 06:37:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do you remember which one it was?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One version of the command prompt, possibly in Windows 98, used to allow multiple dots to go up multiple levels in the directory tree.Now you have to type &quot;cd ..\..&quot; to go up two levels, but at one time you could have typed &quot;cd ...&quot;.You could go up as many levels as you wanted by typing one more period for each level.I occasionally find myself reverting to that syntax and then wondering why it doesn't do anything....Jim]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jruby]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 05:26:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows XP Command Reference A- Z]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspxI preferred Microsoft's original (or just previous) organization of this online documentation, but this is what there is.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ocie3]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:33:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[young whipper snapper's answer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have always thought a simple &quot;portal&quot; solution in MS Windows would be this:  With the cursor positioned over any blank area of desk top (no matter what window was active, even a doc editor), hitting the space bar opens a cmd prompt &quot;line.&quot;  Just a simple, one line window.  Entering something equally simple, like &quot;c&quot;, expands the &quot;line&quot; to a full cmd &quot;window.&quot;  But if you are only interested in executing .bat, .com, .exe files or utilities, a simple &quot;line&quot; is all you need.  Perhaps another key stroke is better than simply pressing the space bar, but it should be trivially easy to bring up a command line.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jamie@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:37:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[johja]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nice Avatar!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gh0stMaker@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:09:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dos Days]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I remember carrying around the black book - cheat sheet for Dos commands for all the switches..]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:07:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Another method]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Personally, I use Windows Key + R to get to the Run dialog, and then type in &quot;cmd&quot; to bring up the command line.  That is one of my most-used key combos.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chancea@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:02:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't forget the dots]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you need to move up a level from where you are trycd .\  and then the tab key ANDcd ..  to go back up a level]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmcinerney@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:55:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Old Geezer's Dream for Windows]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Having worked in IT for 40 years, I gravitate to command line functions.  They require no looking for the right hidey-hole in Windows to find a desired function.My dream would be for Windows to offer an optional command prompt portal as part of the desktop. I know that you can fire up and leave the command prompt window open, but is is just not the same.  Green screens forever!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[abduallah@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:57:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And on W2K/XP]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[in order to map an existing LPT, you have to be an administrator.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TonytheTiger]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:43:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Minor detail on F7]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you hit F7, and pick an item on the list then hit ENTER, that line will be executed.If you hit the right cursor instead of ENTER, that item will be placed on the command prompt instead of being executed, which gives you an opportunity to make changes before executing the command.Jim/* Still waiting for MY bailout */]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jruby]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:54:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enhancement to F8]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-307922-3066473]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[If you type the first part of a command and then hit F8, you can scroll through your history displaying just the commands that started with what you type.For example, if you type DIR and hit F8 repeatedly, you'll scroll through all the DIR commands in the history, this will display things like:DIR/adDIR/s *.mp3DIR x:\HideStuffFromTheBossUnfortunately, it is case sensitive, so you wouldn't see:dir myresume.docJim/* Still waiting for MY bailout */]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jruby]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:51:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[forgot the space]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[you forgot to mention that you must type a space after cd before the tab function will work]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[computechdan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:37:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Use &quot;Up&quot; and &quot;Down&quot; arrow keys...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've always used the &quot;Up&quot; and &quot;Down&quot; arrow keys to scroll through my history of command lines used...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[troy.d.mccurdy@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:33:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[works in win98 too, but with a catch]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[mapping usb to lpt works in win98 as well, so long as you don't attempt to map to an lpt that physically exists, if your program requires lpt1 you will have to disable lpt1 in bios]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[computechdan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:26:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Make it permanent....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you add the persistent statement at the end it will continue to map after each log on.net use lpt1 \\mymachine\myprinter /persistent:yesThis works with drive mappings as well.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Desktop Veteran]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:04:34 -0700</pubDate>
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