How to Be Prompted for Optional Parameters for MS-DOS Program

Last reviewed: October 6, 1995
Article ID: Q137825

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to cause a dialog box to appear and prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS-based program in Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

To cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS-based program, follow these steps:

Use the right mouse button to click the program's shortcut, and then click Properties on the menu that appears.
On the Program tab, add a space and a question mark to the end of the command in the Cmd Line box.
For example, to cause a dialog box to prompt you for optional parameters when you run an MS-DOS prompt, you would modify the Cmd Line box entry to read:
```
      c:\windows\command.com ?
```
Click OK.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95 switches

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Last reviewed: October 6, 1995
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