Guest Jon Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 (edited) Link's correction... Windows Server 2003 Command Line Reference http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/552ed70a-208d-48c4-8da8-2e27b530eac71033.mspx?mfr=true -- Jon "Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message news:... > > "Paul Randall" wrote in message > news:OolbPJjzHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> WXP has a help file named ntcmds.chm that is the Command-line reference >> A-Z. >> >> Question 1: >> Does Vista have a similar searchable reference document for the many >> command line tools available in Vista? Vista's help and support search >> is worthless for some tools -- for example, on Vista Home Basic system >> sequestered from the internet, I can run the arp and msinfo tools, but >> searching help and support shows zero entries for them. >> > > > I've not seen one exclusively for Vista, but you can refer to help > documentation for Windows XP & Windows Server 2003 > > Windows XP Command Line Reference > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=53527 > > Windows Server 2003 Command Line Reference > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=53528 > > > > >> Question 2: >> How can I make WXP's command line reference work on Vista? I've copied >> ntcmds.chm to a thumb drive and run it on my Vista machine, but not >> everything works. For example, in the table of contents, when I click on >> the 'Command-line reference A-Z' entry, I get a script error -- object >> expected. I realize the info in WXp's help file may be out of date, but >> at least it provides the name and functions of many tools that Vista >> still provides. It is really difficult to use a tool if you can't find >> out that you have it. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Paul Randall >> > > There are probably simpler ways of doing this than the way I did it. I > converted the .chm file to a set of .html files (there are tools available > on the net for this eg 'chm decoder'), and then modified the html links > within them en masse to point to each other via script. > > CHM Decoder > http://www.gridinsoft.com/chm.php > > -- > Jon > > Edited February 9, 2014 by AWS Quote
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