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I have a program that needs to run under DOS. How do I install DOS on XP?

Install Win98 first, then install XP

If XP is already installed but DOS is not, install “MS-DOS 7.10 full installation edition” to install DOS.

Send the “Command Prompt” in Accessories as a desktop shortcut
Modify the properties of “Command Prompt”
Change the target %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
to %SystemRoot%\system32\command.com
Definitely works,

Not bad, compatibility is much stronger.
Since WINXP has the command line interpreter command.com, can its kernel be extracted to make a DOS-like system disk?

I learned a trick. So win2000 has it too.

I prefer this in cmd:
C:\>command
C:\>exit
C:\>
This changes the setting that way, and the compatibility is stronger. (It supports both 16/32-bit command line programs at the same time)

Thanks first, I'll go change it now.

Do you enter it in the Command Prompt under XP Accessories?

I prefer this in cmd:
C:\>command
C:\>exit
C:\>
This changes the setting that way, and the compatibility is stronger. (It supports both 16/32-bit command line programs at the same time)
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Are you saying to enter
C:\>command
C:\>exit
C:\>
in the “Command Prompt” under XP Accessories?

The following is quoted from qqw's post on 2003-11-22 2:25:44:
Send the “Command Prompt” in Accessories to the desktop as a shortcut
Modify the properties of “Command Prompt”
Change the target   %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
to  %SystemRoot%\system32\command.com
Definitely works,

Learned another trick, thanks

The following is quoted from mys's post on 2003-11-22 11:36:49:
Not bad, compatibility is much stronger.
Since WINXP has the command line interpreter command.com, can its kernel be extracted to make a DOS-like system disk?

Just to explain, this COMMAND.COM in WinXP is a simple modified version of the COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.0, so its functions are far less powerful than those of MS-DOS 7.10.

Just to explain, this COMMAND.COM in WinXP is a simple modified version of the COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 5.0, so its functions are far less powerful than those of MS-DOS 7.10.


What if you replace the one under winXP with the COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 7.10?

Question: can the “MS-DOS 7.10 full installation edition” here be installed in an
NTFS partition? My computer only has the last partition as FAT32,
and it also has linux installed. Installing the “MS-DOS 7.10 full installation edition”
won't damage the boot sector, right?
If I install it in the last FAT32 partition, what do I need to modify
so I can enter DOS?
Right now my computer boots through linux into a LINUX and DOS
selection screen!

One more thing: you can use “NTFSDOS Professional Edition” to make a boot disk
and read/write NTFS partitions