XP DOS Command

[lashwarj]

I have a program that runs in dos, at present the colors are black and white, is there a way to through a COLOR F7 command in the line before the program starts. The issue is simple. Right now I have the main command line and then have a working directory, if i didnt have the working directory I could just write a batch program but I dont know how to include the working directory in the batch

Command line F:\Dos.bat
Working F:\dataDesired color Color f7

 

[smah]

Have you tried creating a shortcut to run this program? Within the shortcut properties there are settings where you can specify your 'start in' (working) directory as well as some color options.

 

[Darce]

Yes, these are called PIF files.
Program Information Files

 

[lashwarj]

Yes I have a shortcut but there are no options for setting the color options on my 2000 machines, just my XP machines.

 

[lashwarj]

Sorry after looking this will not work with XP either.

 

[gregoryep]

In Windows XP, you can create a shortcut to a cmd prompt and set the colors, and working directory there under properties. You could also specify a batch file to run after the line that will launch the cmd prompt.
Also you can use the color command in the cmd prompt window.
I haven't tried this on Windows 2000.