These utilities tend to configure the
command environment, in some way, to make your computing experience better. However, don??™t
limit yourself to these selections??”any command or utility described in the book is a candidate for
inclusion.
NOTE You??™ll find some older utilities that Windows installs for compatibility purposes and then
doesn??™t support. The KB16 utility should provide keyboard support, but you??™ll find that the command
line provides this support automatically, so you don??™t actually need to use the KB16 utility.
Even though the KB16 utility loads into memory and appears to perform a task, it doesn??™t do anything.
In addition to the KB16 utility, you??™ll find that Windows doesn??™t support the MSCDex utility.
This chapter doesn??™t discuss these compatibility commands and utilities.
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Setting the Code Page Number with the CHCP Utility
A code page defines language support at the command prompt. In the days of DOS, you needed to
provide a code page to obtain proper language support at the command prompt, but Windows
doesn??™t usually require you to set a code page. You might need to set a code page for older charactermode
applications.
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