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TAB to autocomplete in Windows CMD?

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by braddles

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I have two PCs running Windows 2000. When I use the Command Prompt within Windows on one PC, I can use TAB to autocomplete the line, just like Linux and OSX.

The other PC doesn't have this feature and I can't find where I might turn it on?

I NEED this feature, cause I once had it.

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by ann777

It's automatically turned on... unless some other program is overriding it.

Check and if you have Tweakui or anything else clearing out your Run History at Logon (Paranoia section of TweakUI).

by braddles

It was TweakUI!!! Under the CMD tab are the settings for filename and directory completion. I didn't think that I had TweakUI installed on my other PC.

(I did a clean install of Windows 2000 to solve other problems bewteen asking my question and solving the problem, I should add.)

I'll give you the points anyway. :)

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