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DOS学习入门 & 精彩文章（教学室） » Why doesn't the help command work under my DOS?

Floor1　pzr313316	Posted 2009-02-05 18:57
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Hello everyone, I'm a newbie and want to learn DOS! I'd like to ask all you experts, why can't the help command be used in XP's virtual DOS environment?? After rebooting into the DOS in the MAXDOS toolbox, entering the help command still doesn't work. Why is that? The prompt says: help is not an internal or external command, nor is it an application program or batch command! What is the reason for this!!! I hope all you experts can give me some guidance.

Floor2　Sufone	Posted 2009-02-06 00:29
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help is not an internal DOS command. Please make sure there is help.bat or help.exe or help.com in a path DOS can find.

Floor3　DOSforever	Posted 2009-02-06 00:48
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Taking MS-DOS 6.22 as an example, you need these three files: help.com, help.hlp, qbasic.exe. MAXDOS should be based on MS-DOS 7.10. I don't know whether the files are complete, you'd better download a DOS 7.10 Wengier edition from the China DOS Union.

Floor4　pzr313316	Posted 2009-02-06 03:41
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Thanks to the friends in reply #2 and reply #3 for the guidance, thank you!!