From: AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:20:03 -0400, George Kinney <GKinney AT nextransport DOT com>
wrote:

>>>...console programs don't run in a DOS box.
>>>They run in Win32 console mode.
>>
>>I knew that, but why does a Win32 console window in Windows 95,
>>Windows 98, or Windows NT 4 say "MS-DOS" in the upper left corner?
>
>Because that's the description applied to the shortcut you used to
>start the DOS session. (look at the properties for dosprmpt.lnk)

What are you talking about?  Try using the Start->Run command to execute a
console application, like try pinging yourself (ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10, for
example).  It still brings up a window that has the MSDOS icon in the upper
left corner, even though it is running a console application.

-- 
AndrewJ