Each command window will appear at
a different, randomly chosen, position on screen.
Defining the Text Colors
Microsoft assumes that you want a black background with light gray letters for the command window.
Although DOS used this setting all those years ago, many people today want a choice. The
Color tab lets you choose different foreground, background, and pop-up colors for the command
window (even though Figure 2.6 doesn??™t show the colors, it does present the dialog box layout).
You can modify the window to use any of the 16 standard color combinations for any of the text
options. Use the Select Color Values options to create custom colors.
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Figure 2.6
Modify the text colors
for an optimal display
using the Colors tab.
Understanding Internal and External Commands
This chapter has used the term
command
for everything you execute at the command line. In reality,
you need to view the command line as having multiple command types. Some commands, such
as
TaskList.EXE
, appear as separate files. This book will use the term
utility
for these kinds of
commands from now on. A utility always resides in a separate file and you can look it up using the
Dir
command.
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