Mike, Different versions of Windows may have different versions of DOS and therefore different DOS commands.
All of the following commands should be executed at any DOS prompt. Incidently, if your JFW punctuation settings don't read all punctuation, you might miss some important symbols in the following list. Ordinarily, to go directly to the root directory of the current drive, type cd\ and press ENTER. Ordinarily, to change from one drive to another, type D: and press ENTER. (Substitute my D for the appropriate drive designator.) To get a listing of the DOS commands that are specific to your version of Windows, type help and press ENTER. To get more detailed info about individual DOS commands, type help commandName and press ENTER, or commandName /? and press ENTER. (Substitute the name of any legitimate DOS command in place of my commandName.) To get the results of these queries stored within a text file for future reference, use the following additional instruction with each. > fileName.txt as demonstrated in the following example. help > DOSHelp.txt and press ENTER. You might want to use the name of the DOS command as the name of the text file when/if storing the details of a single DOS command. Why? Because, the file will contain only that which would have been displayed on screen which does not include the name of the command being described since you have already typed it. hth Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Dos Command Hi Again David, Jacob, & Nikolay, Do you guys know where I can get a list of Dos commands? Thanks again, take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ferrin To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Dos Command C:\ and hit enter David Ferrin Most people don't know what they're doing and a lot of them are really good at it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: "Blind Computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Dos Command > Hi All, > > Using the Dos prompt, how do I get to the root of the C drive? All help > will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. > Mike > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
