Whenever I navigate through my system in the command prompt I have a lot of trouble since I updated to XP. For instance if I want to go to C:\program files I am in C: and I type dir/w to see the files and folders in the directory in columns. but it shows program files as [Program Files] but when I type cd program files its not the directory, is there anyway to change all this back to how it was in windows98...? I seriously don't see how anyone with a lot of pc experience would like this operating system, I think I'm going back to 98 SE or to 2000.

and a file I downloaded shows up as Counter-Strike Conditon Zero 0.exe and I know dos/command prompt won't reconize that if I type it, it should be more like counte~1.exe but I have no idea how to use the command prompt anymore

Don't you think it's time to get away from the short and less descriptive 8.1 file names? Technology isn't going to step backward just because you won't learn something new so you might as well get used to it.


Anyway, the XP Command-line does recognize long-filenames...
When I type CD Program Files from the C:\ prompt it puts me in the Program files directory. Even typing Counter-Strike Condition Zero 0.exe from the command line would launch that file. ...I don't know what your doing wrong or what's wrong with your system but everything works fine for me.


BTW, you can alway put quotes (") around the long filenames.

try typing "cmd" in the run dialog instead of "command"

cmd is the 2k/xp version of the command file, while "command" is simply pretty much the old 9x one, only there for compatibility from what ive heard

for long filenames or directory names or whatever, the prompt in xp now let's you type the tab key to finish what you are typing.

for example, if you have a file called --> thisis my stupid gamefile.exe <--

you can type --> this[tab key] <-- and it will put the rest of it on there for you. same thing with directory names

thanks vangl, i used the cmd function somewhat often, and that just made it a lot easier for me to use instead of all that typing