You didn't say which version of windows you had:

For Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/947-command-prompt.html

For Windows Vista
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-command-prompt-still-lives-in-windows-vista/6092566

Your mileage may vary.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Hopefully, this is not too far off list and will be answered quickly
> anyway.  I'm trying to determine what all I have linked vs. stored in Legacy
> folders.  And I really like hard-copy to analyze.
>
> Used to be I could open a Window and execute DOS commands.  Is that still
> possible?
>
> And I used to be able to capture the screen contents and send it to a
> printer or a file.  Is that still possible?
>
> Obviously, my next question is:  How?  Please refresh my memory.
>
> Thanks!
> --Paula in Texas
> Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
> Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
> Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes
> Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts
> Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> *Sent:* Wed, August 31, 2011 2:34:32 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System
>
>  Charles, True.  I was just trying to see what she did with photos, as I
> thought her response was strictly about sources (which not all my photos
> are... nor do I want them to be in that list in Legacy).
>
> While I was out I really did think about why I would like electronic files
> grouped by person, family or surname, and I think it is to be able to see
> what documents are "missing"... death certificates? census for 1870? etc.
> Over-hauling my file names and moving them all around might just not be the
> answer there...!  I am just starting to use regularly the FGR from Legacy,
> and I have a spreadsheet checklist for my direct line, so maybe I'm doing
> just fine already?!
>
> Am still wrestling with how best to do backup...
>
> Thanks again!
> --Paula in Texas
> Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
> Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
> Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes
> Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts
> Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Charles Apple <apple1...@centurylink.net>
> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> *Sent:* Wed, August 31, 2011 11:20:32 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System
>
> Paula,
>
> Perhaps not in its strictest sense by definition,  however, aren't
> photographs just another Document Type that could be crossed referenced in
> an Index of Surnames?
>
> Charles
>
> From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:03 PM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System
>
> What about files (mainly photos) that are not sources?
> Will look in News archives, thx.  Tho I suspect Geoff will not be
> recommending any filing structure that is outside of C:\Legacy  ;)
>
> --Paula in Texas
> Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
> Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
> Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes
> Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts
> Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
>
>
>
>
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