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Q137825: How to Be Prompted for Optional Parameters for MS-DOS Program

Article: Q137825
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to cause a dialog box to appear and prompt you for
optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS-based program in Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION
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To cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when you run an
MS-DOS-based program, follow these steps:

1. Use the right mouse button to click the program's shortcut, and then click
  Properties on the menu that appears.

2. On the Program tab, add a space and a question mark to the end of the command
  in the Cmd Line box.

  For example, to cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when
  you run an MS-DOS prompt, you would modify the Cmd Line box entry to read:

  c:\windows\command.com ?

3. Click OK.

Additional query words: switches

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Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

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