Acknowledgements

I have always wanted all of this information in ONE place. Which options? versions? Was that Windows NT4? 95? 2K? DOS3.3? However, I was forever jumping from site-to-site or file-to-file.

I wanted:

1. Simple HTML (no tables) <DL>/<DT>/<DD> and <PRE>
2. A single file per command, containing ALL its versions and which options where added with which version.
3. Hyperlink all command parameters and options.
4. Both syntax-only and descriptive lists, so I have both.
5. Additional examples (thanks Benny).
6. Equivalent BASH commands (thanks Simon).
7. Small (less than 50Kb) HTML pages (ONLY 9 of the files exceed this!)
8. And Later: Searchable, so I built a Compiled HtmlHelp (.CHM) version.

Microsoft has tried to made it easy to know some of the commands... I want to thank Microsoft, IBM and the people (some of which are referenced below) that have tried to keep up with the MANY flavors of the commands and operating systems.

YOU CANNOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." -- Isaac Newton

If you find any mistakes herein, they are most likely mine. I did my best...B-) If you have any corrections or suggestions, please let me know: Rick Lively.

What's missing: (anybody have these?)

• PC-DOS 6.3, 7, 2000
• DR-DOS ALL
• 4DOS ALL
• Windows 3x versions 1.0 through 3.0

Included:

• Configuration (CONFIG.SYS)
• MS-DOS versions 1.0 through 8.0
• PC-DOS versions 1.0 through 6.22
• Windows 3x versions 3.10 through 3.11
• Windows 9x versions 95, 98, ME
• Windows NT versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Server

Some wide-world-web sites:

1. The DOS Quick Reference by Microsoft (download) (1986) DOSREF.EXE
2. TECH HELP! (DOS HELP! 3.3a, 1987) by Flambeaux Software TECHHELP.ZIP
3. The Best of DOS HELP! (1992) by Ziff-Davis and Flambeaux Software DOSHELP.ZIP
4. Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC by Dave Williams (1992) DOSREF22.ZIP
5. Re: Is there a list of dos & windows undocumented features??? (1995) QWEMAN3
6. The History of DOS (1998) Paroxysm (Black Sun Research Facility)
7. Shhh! The Undocumented DOS Commands v1.06 (1999) Kevtronics
8. 20 YEARS OF DOS HISTORY 1980 to 2000 (2000) Jim Hall
9. http://lf.8k.com Laura Fairhead
10. MS-DOS History (2000) Marcus Houlden
11. Using MS-Dos7 Commands (2003) Laurence Soucy (Bob Watson)
12. cambrian college (2000) Greg B. Cooper
13. Timeline 1980-1993 (2001) M Comerford ~ PowerLoad
14. NOTES ON MS-DOS 6.22 + BATCH programming on Win9X (2003) Benny Stilling Pedersen
15. MS-DOS v6.22 Help: Command Reference (2002) Vernon J. Frazee
16. The History of DOS (2001) Chris Jones
17. COMMAND.COM, SHELL and COMSPEC (2001) Rob Vander Woude
18. NT Commands (2001) Simon Sheppard
19. Microsoft Windows History (2002) Computer Hope
20. DOS Usage Information HelpFixMyPC.com
21. sandpile.org -- IA-32 architecture -- CPUID (2003) Christian Ludloff
22. Alphabetical List of Tools tburke
23. AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS ©Tricks + Secrets (2003) George G.
24. MS-DOS 5.0 Internal and External Commands (2003) Microsoft
25. Windows 2000 Professional (2003) Microsoft
26. Windows 2000 Server (2003) Microsoft
27. Windows 2000 Advanced server (2003) Microsoft
28. Windows 2000 Datacenter server (2003) Microsoft
29. Windows XP Professional (2003) Microsoft
30. Windows 2003 Command-line reference A-Z 2005 Microsoft