[WEB4LIB] two little things

[Thomas Dowling]

> 2.  Some times I duck down to MS DOS (from Windows NT 4.0) to run
various
> applications. How can I change the default drive in which MS DOS opens.
I
> suspect it may have something to do with setting the homedrive, but
haven't
> been able to figure out how its done (playing with the MS DOS shortcut
> options has been fruitless..)

[This is for Windows 2000, but I recall both of these tricks from NT4].
For a shortcut to cmd.exe, open the properties, select the "Shortcut" tab,
and change the "Start in" line to the drive letter and directory you want.

For a command in the Start/Run dialog, try "cmd /k d:".

Thomas Dowling
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tdowling at ohiolink.edu