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MS-DOS External Commands

The DOSSHELL Command

Description:

Starts MS-DOS Shell. (Microsoft (R) DOS Version 6 MS-DOS Shell Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1993. All rights reserved.)

Command Syntax:

DOSSHELL [/T[:res[n]]] [/B]
DOSSHELL [/G[:res[n]]] [/B]

Explanation of Syntax:

[/T] Starts MS-DOS Shell in text mode.
[:res[n]] a letter (L, M, H) and number indicating screen resolution.
[/B] starts MS-DOS Shell using black-and-white color scheme.
[/G] starts MS-DOS Shell in graphics mode.

Command Use:

This command can be used at the command prompt and in batch files.