I have since resolved the issue... apparently, there are hidden settings
in the windows 2000 installer that can be used to prevent command.com
from being installed (which my company has done). I am thus unable to
run 16-bit code (which I have thankfully never needed to do), but this
is no problem.
I have cmd.exe but no command.{com,exe}. I suspect that this is just a
peculiarity if my system.
Thanks,
Stephano Mariani
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf
> Of Alex K. Angelopoulos
> Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 9:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Cygwin on Win 2000
>
> FYI everyone...
>
> Command.com really *should* be there. You really *shouldn't* ever use
it
> directly, though.
>
> If you launch a console app which turns out to be 16-bit, NT/2000/XP
> automatically instantiates command.com (and then passes all of its
> operations back to CMD.EXE).
>
>
> I suspect the OPs problem is that since he tried to launch under
> command.com, it choked since cygwin is 32-bit. This can just be
resolved
> by calling CMD instead of COMMAND in the "run" box.
>
> "Lapo Luchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> : > Mine was a clean install in each case with only the service packs
and
> : > some patches being added.
> :
> : I installed it from scratch every time but the first (of course...)
but
> : \winnt\system32\command.com is definitely there, in Win98 is
> : widows\command\command.com.. be it an upgrade of a from scratch.
> : But wait.. when you open command prompt... (well I guess you can
open
> : command prompt, yes?) which executable appears in the task manager?
> :
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