DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in the config.sys attached to your cmd.exe startup shortcut.
This is a relic from MS-DOS; still works in Win2K, but don't know about WinXP. You may need to create the shortcut as a reference to an old MS-DOS program initially, to expose the config.sys feature, then change the command line.
HTH.
-- Keith
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When I try to use "ls --color", the filelist appears with chars like <-[01;34m. How can I correct this to make the color appears, not the color code?
(Command Prompt, Windows XP Sp2)
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in the config.sys attached to your cmd.exe startup shortcut.
This is a relic from MS-DOS; still works in Win2K, but don't know about WinXP. You may need to create the shortcut as a reference to an old MS-DOS program initially, to expose the config.sys feature, then change the command line.
HTH.
-- Keith