From: Scott DOT Mintz AT po DOT cle DOT ab DOT com (Scott Mintz) Subject: Re[2]: CMD, case-insensitive file-name completion 2 Jun 1997 18:32:39 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <000706D7.1893.cygnus.gnu-win32@po.cle.ab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: Don Sharp Original-Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Content-Description: cc:Mail note part Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Yes ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: CMD, case-insensitive file-name completion Author: Don Sharp at Internet Date: 5/29/97 10:22 PM Scott Mintz wrote: > > That's true. The data value below is the character. You could > theoretically change it to something else. > > The actual key is: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor > > Note the space between Command and Processor is necessary. > I am running NT 3.51 SP5 and I haven't got any completion going after making the entry in my registry. What should I have to do apart from typing TAB during command line entry? Should it be a binary rather than string value? Cheers Don Sharp P.S. I have logged off and logged back in. > -Scott A. Mintz > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re: CMD, case-insensitive file-name completion > Author: RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com at Internet > Date: 5/27/97 12:08 PM > > CMD also has case-insensitive filename completion. I believe it's > undocumented, although this may have changed. . . Here's what you need > in your registry (under HKEY_CURRENT_USER) to turn it on: > > Key Name: Software\Microsoft\Command Processor > Name: CompletionChar > Type: REG_SZ > Data: 9 > > (grepping the web for CompletionChar may turn up more info). > > -------p--a--s--s--i--o--n-----n--e--e--d--s-----a-----f--a--c--e------- > "oncology recapitulates philately" --Mark Maxson Robert M. Praetorius > "balance, not symmetry" --Mark Stanley work: RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com > (attribution by Stigler) fun & recreation: rmp AT PopJ1 DOT MA DOT UltraNet DOT Com > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".