replace cmd

[alexp]

I use console as a frontend for cmd if I need to do any work in it.

What I'm looking for is if anyone knows of any way of catching any cmd windows which try to open (like if I run a batch file or a program opens one up) and open console up instead.

I'm not sure if this is the right scetion for this but I'll post it here anyway.

[jpfx]

how about renaming console.exe to cmd.exe?

[Darwin]

Good suggestion (from jpfx). To do this under both Win2k and WinXP is a bit of a bugger, though. For info on how to do it, check out the faq at the metapad site: www.liquidninja.com.

Here's how to do it for XP: http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/faq.html#Q28
Here's Win2k: http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/faq.html#Q17

You can substitute cmd.exe for notepad.exe and follow the successfully follow the instructions (I think ).

[Zero3K]

Here's what I did, I renamed Cmd.exe to cmd.bak and Console.exe to cmd.exe. Then I set the ComSpec environment variable to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.bak. After that, I coped the files the Console.exe requires to C:\Windows\System32.

[alexp]

Here's what I did, I renamed Cmd.exe to cmd.bak and Console.exe to cmd.exe. Then I set the ComSpec environment variable to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.bak. After that, I coped the files the Console.exe requires to C:\Windows\System32.

Have you actually replaced cmd with console? What do you mean by setting the ComSpec environment?

[Carol Haynes]

Checkout Control Panel > System > Advanced Tab > Environment Variables (button)  and look in the list of system variables at the bottom.

(THis is for windows XP but there are similar things in other windows versions but may have different tab/button names)

[alexp]

Checkout Control Panel > System > Advanced Tab > Environment Variables (button)  and look in the list of system variables at the bottom.

(THis is for windows XP but there are similar things in other windows versions but may have different tab/button names)

Ah cool, that makes more sense now.

[Darwin]

Wow - nice, I really do learn something new every day!

[dpierron]

Console is really a nice tool ! Thanks for pointing it to me.
However, I wasn't able to successfuly replace cmd.exe by console.exe, Windows Security kept begging me for the installation CD, and when I ran console (by running the executable renamed as cmd.exe), it cycled endlessly, creating window after window of nice looking consoles ...
Any advice ?

David.
http://www.davidsoft.org

[lanux128]

this is a very interesting program that i was about to post when a forum search returned this thread.. as it has already been mentioned, i'll just add a screenshot..

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