Link's correction...
Windows Server 2003 Command Line Reference
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
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Jon
"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message news:...
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> "Paul Randall" <paulr901@cableone.net> 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.
>>
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>
> I've not seen one exclusively for Vista, but you can refer to help
> documentation for Windows XP & Windows Server 2003
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> Windows XP Command Line Reference
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=53527
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> Windows Server 2003 Command Line Reference
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=53528
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>> 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 I realize the info in WXp's help file may be out of date, but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
>>
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> 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.
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> CHM Decoder
> http://www.gridinsoft.com/chm.php
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> Jon
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