To change the colors, select the Colors tab. I like my background dark blue rather than black. It doesn't affect any of the programs, but it's an aesthetic choice available to you. To run programs like cns, mp and dbfmeta, you'll need to start this command-prompt window. Just double-click the icon. It is most convenient to begin by setting your PATH to include the directory that contains the metadata tools.
Type this:. If you don't do this step, you would have to run mp by typing. To test it all out, run mp by itself. It should print out a usage message with version number. If instead the system says The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. You Might Also Like How to. How to. About This Article. Tested by:. Co-authors: 6. Updated: September 19, Categories: Command Prompt.
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You should then start a new question about creating shortcuts from the command line. And I think it really is that hard under XP. VBScript is your best option for a native Windows solution, if you really don't want to use a 3rd party tool.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Windows XP and later has the fsutil command, which can create "hardlinks" to files. Improve this answer. Patrick Cuff Patrick Cuff A hardlink is not a shortcut. XP doesn't have symlinks. On Vista, the command is mklink. Shortcuts are not symlinks. Ana Betts Ana Betts 72k 16 16 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. There really is no comparison — cbrulak. Shortcuts are a file that Explorer knows how to parse; if I open a shortcut to a text file with Notepad, I get nonsense, not the text file the shortcut points to — Ana Betts.
In UNIX, symbolic links act equivalently to the item they link to unless you specifically request different behavior. Windows shortcuts are not parsed in the file system layer, but in Explorer itself. Thus, many programs cannot follow shortcuts. That Microsoft chose not to expose this functionality says volumes IMO. See elsdoerfer. Matt, hard links! Magnus Akselvoll Magnus Akselvoll 1, 1 1 gold badge 11 11 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges.
Dana Dana 1, 3 3 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. Powerlord Powerlord This does not create a shortcut.
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