Sergey,
thanks, it now works. I still do not have the program tab but no problem. I put cmd at the end of each batch file and run the bat file from the icon. I knew I could do all of that before but I thought that because I was starting a new command session (with cmd at the end of the bat file) that the new session would not have the path. It does!

John

>I see. I was talking about shortcut to the dos program. It has the same properties as in Win98. Try following: Create batch file, say mycmd.bat and put shorcut to it on your desktop

>REM mycmd.bat
>Call mybatchfile.bat
>cmd

Now run command prompt from this shortcut.
>
>There is another way:
>- Create shortcut to any DOS program. It's properties dailog box should look the same as under Win98.
>- Replace command line with C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.EXE
>- Change name and Start In to your liking
>- Fill Batch File field
>
>>Sergey,
>> there is no Program tab on my command prompt icon properites. I'm running Windows 2000 and I see no "DOS" prompt only "Command" prompt. Am I missing something here?
>>
>>And yes, I should have put the two questions seperate. I had a problem with the modem when I tried to dial in. Thanks.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>> In Win 98 etc. you could run a batch file when starting a dos session. I cannot find a way to do that with Win 2K. I have to run the command prompt and then manually run a batch file. I do this because we have several programs and each one is in a different area of the server and need different path and drive mappings.
>>>
>>>What do you mean? There is the 'Batch file:' field on the Program tab of the Properties dialog box for DOS shortcut .
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks all,