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   JJ to rajnarayanan579@gmail.com   
   Re: Doskey alias command from a cmd shor   
   25 Apr 20 19:30:33   
   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:54:11 -0700 (PDT), rajnarayanan579@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I have the following in the Target of a cmd shortcut on my desktop:   
   > "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k m50"   
   >   
   > But the cmd windows shows the following error: "'m50' is not recognized   
   > as an internal or external command".   
   >   
   > The doskey macrofile has been registered in the registry. How can I make   
   > this work? Thanks.   
      
   DOSKEY won't work like you expected, because it doesn't work like that.   
      
   Every console window has it's own alias, and other console input   
   configurations. DOSKEY simply changes & manages those configurations.   
      
   So, as long as that console window is still open, the configured macros will   
   work - assuming that whatever console program is running in that console   
   window, does not use their own input handler (which basically makes the   
   alias ineffective).   
      
   If the console window is closed, then the macros are gone. Also, macros are   
   not inherited to child console windows.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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