Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Using doskey macrofile to optimize work within the Command Prompt

posted by Lars Hundebøl # 1:59 p.m.

The following is helpfull little tip to create shortcuts to commonly used applications when working in the command prompt.

1. Create a new doskey macrofile (e.g. notepad c:\doskey)
2. Edit doskey macrofile to include all your shortcuts:

sub="C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublimetext.exe" $*
ie="C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

3. Change cmd.exe shortcut to include the following doskey command:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /k doskey /macrofile=c:\doskey

Relevant doskey links:

propellerhead

By the way, the sublimetext.exe reference is, in my opinion, one of the best text editors for Windows out there.