command.com vs cmd.exe (was Re: Error on system() in fP 5.0.14 Win32 - Need Help)

[Kenneth Brody]

On 9/2/2010 5:07 PM, Fairlight wrote:
> At Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:44:08AM -0400 or thereabouts,
> suspect Kenneth Brody was observed uttering:
>> Well, my 64-bit Win7 box finally no longer includes command.com, though I
>> don't know if it's a Win7 thing, or a 64-bit thing.  My 32-bit Vista system
>> still had command.com on it.
>
> I bet it does.  Install XP Mode, and I bet command.com is inside XP Mode,
> just not natively present in Win7.  As I understand it, XP Mode is
> essentially a full WinXP VM, unless someone misinformed me.  Hence my
> expectation that it's still possible to get at command.com in a roundabout
> way.
>
> Am I right?

My Win7 system doesn't support XP Mode, but my understanding is that it is 
XP in a VM, as you stated.  (I'm offline at the moment, so I don't have the 
Microsoft URL for XP Mode.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody