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   Bruce Chambers to KevinSimonson   
   Re: Adding an Execution of a Batch File    
   16 Mar 11 18:33:51   
   
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   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc   
   From: bchambers@cableone.net   
      
   KevinSimonson wrote:   
   > My operating system is Windows 7 Enterprise, and, in case you want all   
   > my information, I sometimes accompany that OS with the string   
   > "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU, Q 820 @ 1.73Ghz 1.73 Ghz".  I found a place   
   > on the Internet that showed me how to put  commands in a batch   
   > file, and this website said that if I want those aliases automatically   
   > on start-up, I need to put them in my "cmd.exe" file.  But that   
   > website didn't say anything about _how_ to put them in that "cmd.exe"   
   > file.  I found an existing "cmd.exe" file in "C:\Windows\System32" of   
   > my laptop, but it's a binary file.  How do I add a reference to my   
   > aliases file to a binary file?  And where should I put the mentioned   
   > "cmd.exe"?  Is my login directory the right place?   
   >   
   > Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.   
   >   
   > Kevin S   
      
      
   	You either miread/misunderstood the directions, or the author really   
   screwed up.  You can't place a batch file within CMD.EXE.  What you need   
   to do is open a Command Prompt windows (which is what running CMD.EXE   
   will do) and then run the batch file from within that window.   
      
      
      
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