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I hope this is moderately difficult to do in Win2K, because I can't figure out how to do it. I want to open the Command prompt, cmd.exe, in a specific folder and run a few commands, like set path, map ...

This chapter excerpt on Command-Line and Automation Tools (download PDF) is taken from the book Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth. The book has information on various Windows 7 topics, including installing ...