Is MS-DOS available for Windows XP?

I'm trying to complete a task from a C++ training book, the image in the book has a ms-dos window with MS-DOS C:\WINNT\System32\CMD.exe on the very top but when I try to open a commnad window in windows xp the only thing that appears on top is COMMAND PROMPT. The book also tells me to type in bcc32 but when I do the Command propt tells me "bcc32" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Wat can I do? please help...

Is MS-DOS available for Windows XP?
Microsoft took out MS-DOS with Windows XP - it doesn't exist anymore. You can still do some command line stuff in the command prompt window but it doesn't have MS-DOS behind it anymore.





You don't need MS-DOS to do C++ programming, but I think you need a more up-to-date programming book first!
Reply:yes but you'll need help


try best buy or ask the geek squad
Reply:click on 'START' and choose run





type CMD into the open: line and click OK





that will give you the c:\windows\system32\cmd thing at the top.








I don't know about the bcc32 thing.


Where you supposed to save something as bcc32.cmd somewhere in the training book before this.








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Actually now that I think about it.


Is the book teaching you Borland C++





I think that the command is to start the 'Borland C Compiler' for 32 bit systems.


Do you even have a C compiler installed?
Reply:you must specify the directory in CMD wher e to that file then enter the name of file that you wish to start lik in this case bcc32...
Reply:No , Mico Soft has dis continued M DOS
Reply:hit the windows key + r will give you the run box. or goto start and click run in the run box type cmd. that will pull up the the command prompt. I also looked up the bcc32 and I get that it is the Borland C compiler. If you dont have that then go search and download it. To point out the ms-dos prompt still exist in windows xp. the command prompt is the ms-dos prompt. When windows first started all the way back to windows 3.1 the dos prompt was changed to MS-DOS prompt. the ms-dos stands for microsoft disk operating system. It is actually believe be that the ms was added so microsoft would not get in trouble for copywright infringement.
Reply:is your book published in like 1998? The ms-dos complier was taken out of xp. Use another compiler like borland or swtich to linux
Reply:no.. i typed out a real good answer, and then my browser crashed, so you get the short version.





CMD inside xp is not true DOS, and xp will not let you run actual dos, because of version conflicts.





sorry.
Reply:The Command Prompt is like a Dos emulator. It's because I believe Windows stopped being based on the Dos platform...
Reply:CMD is not MS-DOS, but it still retains many of the same commands. There are DOS emulators available though. DOSBox in particular comes to mind.





bcc32 should work in the command prompt (assuming you have it installed), but it is not good for beginners. You may want to try Bloodshed's Dev-C++.
Reply:they often hide the disk operating system [dos] in a folder called OLDDOS





good luck
Reply:No, but like the guy above me said, CMD aka Command Prompt is the closest thing to dos you can get now-adays unless you decide to install dos on your computer which i highly disadvise because you wont be able to use it for much and its slow and old and you wont get drivers but if you wana run that program from the cmd then you go to your IDE or the program that came with the cd's directory whcih you can do by going to start menu%26gt;all programs%26gt;name of the program%26gt;program and right click on it and click properties then click find target then look for bcc32 and copy it to %SYSTERMDRIVE%\system32 and you can run it from the cmd
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