MS-DOS or Microsoft Disk Operating System was the dominant operating system for Personal Computer throughout the 80s. MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system. MS-DOS allows the user to ...

Sometimes it can be useful to list the contents of one or more directories in a text file, for example by creating a file catalog. Windows does not allow you to perform this operation from File ...

It sure looked like Microsoft was putting MS-DOS out to pasture. Now it’s saying that the MS-DOS command prompt cmd will continue to live on. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, “Microsoft is not ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...

Before Microsoft had Office, before it had Windows, it had an operating system called MS DOS. MS DOS was a command-line operating system, meaning you had to memorize a lot of commands and type them ...

CMD Commands vs. DOS Commands It's important to understand that in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP, the commands are known as CMD commands or Command Prompt commands. In contrast, commands in ...

Moving files around by dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer is a simple task. Many long-time Windows users may never open a DOS command-line window and may not be familiar with commands that were ...

To this day I think I'm more comfortable in command line environments on Linux/Unix OS's because of learning early on both MS-DOS and Commodore. If I want to get something done it's still my go-to ...