running msdos within bootcamp windoz - Need shortcut to retype previous command line

Up arrow works fine here, at least when running command prompt as administrator.

By the way, it's spelled "Windows."

 

Instead of "command.com" use "cmd.exe" as the command line interface. Then you can repeat the previous command with the <UP Arrow> or <F3> key.

However, if you write Batch files you must take care about backwards compatibility. cmd.exe does support long filenames and white spaces in filenames, etc ..., command.com does not. So always test what you make by using command.com as well.

 

Because it's cmd.exe.

 

Glad you got everything sorted out, but thought you should know:

In MS-DOS, any "executable" program will work if you type the name, without the extension.

Any .bat, .com, or .exe should work just fine without typing the .bat, .com, or .exe.

In other words, you could just type "cmd" and it'll fire right up.

 

One thing with cmd.exe is that, like MS-DOS, it doesn't like commands with spaces in directory or file names or paths. It stops parsing at the first space. In cmd that is easily fixed by enclosing the entire path names you create in quotation marks. It will then parse the enclosed path, ignoring spaces.

If you use the old method of substituting underscores for spaces, there's no problem. I always use underscores in path and file names, even in Windows Explorer.