How to Be Prompted for Optional Parameters for MS-DOS Program

• Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to cause a dialog box to appear and prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS-based program in Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

To cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS-based program, follow these steps:

1. Use the right mouse button to click the program's shortcut, and then click Properties on the menu that appears.



2. On the Program tab, add a space and a question mark to the end of the command in the Cmd Line box.
   
   For example, to cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS prompt, you would modify the Cmd Line box entry to read:

   c:\windows\command.com ?




3. Click OK.

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