Changing MS-DOS Command Prompt Under Windows (92366)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 3.0a
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q92366 SUMMARY
You can display a custom MS-DOS prompt when you run MS-DOS Prompt from
Program Manager.
Changing the MS-DOS Prompt Under Windows 3.1 and 3.11
Under Windows 3.1 you can change the look of the MS-DOS command prompt
inside of Windows because the WINPMT environment variable was added to
Windows. You can change this variable by using the SET command in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example:
SET WINPMT=Windows Shell - $p$g
Changing the MS-DOS Prompt Under Windows 3.0 and 3.0a
To change the MS-DOS command prompt in Windows 3.0 and 3.0a, you must
create a batch file to modify the PROMPT environment variable. You can
then start the batch file instead of COMMAND.COM. The following is a
sample batch file:
@echo off
prompt Windows Shell - $p$g
command.com
After making the batch file, change the MS-DOS Prompt icon's program
name from COMMAND.COM to the name of the batch file from the Program
Item Properties dialog box.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB92366 |
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