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On 01/13/2010 11:32 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:

> Another workaround would be from the mintty window to enter some
> command that would bring up a Windows Command Prompt window so
> that Windows FTP and Telnet would work. I tried the command "cmd",
> but that executes within the mintty window. What command can I
> enter from a mintty/bash prompt to open a Command Prompt window?
> (Various archive searches were unsuccessful.)

cygstart <path to cmd.exe>

> (Sorry about the top-post. Haven't figured out yet how to
> coerce Outlook to cooperate and don't want to type all the
> ">" characters manually. Suggestions welcome.)

Tools->Options->Email Settings.  There are options there to enable the
">" character.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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