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Windows added a feature Linux users have had for decades — and most people still don't know it's there

Windows kept UAC but stopped making you open a second window.

Microsoft shares details of a clever old Windows trick it no longer needs

A Microsoft veteran engineer has revealed a cool Windows trick from the past, one it quietly outgrew, making it obsolete.
The Droid Guy

How to Clear Command Prompt Screen on Windows 11 | CLS

This post will show you how to clear Command Prompt screen on Windows 11. Read on to learn which DOS command to use for resetting or clearing all items from the new Windows 11 command prompt ...
Ars Technica

Creating a Windows 95 / DOS 6.22 boot menu...

Hey, I've got a 486/66 with Windows 95 (nice and slow, too ) on one physical hard drive, C. On a second physical hard drive, D, I've got MS-DOS 6.22 Now...the Win95 "boot into DOS mode" isn't working ...
Ars Technica

30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive

Two big things happened in the world of text-based disk operating systems in June 1994. The first is that Microsoft released MS-DOS version 6.22, the last version of its long-running operating system ...
Android Authority

How to change directory or drive in Command Prompt

The Windows Command Prompt can be a little intimidating if you didn’t grow up using DOS — and even then, it’s been long enough since DOS was relevant that you may have forgotten. Below we’ll cover ...
PC World

Microsoft publishes MS-DOS, Word for Windows source code

Microsoft arguably built its business on MS-DOS, and on Tuesday the software giant and the Mountain View, CA-based Computer History Museum took the unprecedented step of publishing the source code for ...