Have Fun with the Command Prompt.

[mostwanted]

Here's a cheap trick to amuse yourself when you get bored.

Open a command prompt (Start -> Run then type cmd, OK) and enter the following command:
title "put what ever you want here" exclude the quotes
then check out the title bar of the command window.



Of course you'll want to substitute your own text string for your own amusement.

[davidlig]

OMG funny xD

[Axelsz]

Funny, how did you discover all these things? By trying 'em?

[davidlig]

I found this 2 years ago,but i forgoth it

[Kirge]

Funny, how did you discover all these things? By trying 'em?

in DoS, Command Prompt, and a lot of console applications where you can do text input, you type in "help", and it will return a list of commands that you can use.

For example, in VC6, people will do:

system("@title Kirge's App");

to title their console application. Same way in .bat files as well.
If you feel this information as helpful, please thank me, :-)

[9Lives CatsEyes]

yea i use the help or ? command to get the list quite often.

[apezwijn]

lol look at the avatar of Kirge and than at 9Lives CatsEyes

[1337haxor]

Lol nice idea man, very intruiging (?spelling?)

[Zen]

intriguing

and how would one create a program that would be sent to another computer and excute a command promt for say a practical joke? and what program would one use to make this

[baconxx14]

Make a .bat file renaming another app and send it to someone,

[t7ancients]

If you have windows xp or vista, save it as a .cmd file. As for a practical joke, try this code:
@echo off
:loop
start iexplore.exe (url)
goto loop

and you can make a cmd or bat file make folders in a specific path. the command is:
md c:\(path)
for the loop command to be effective you may want to copy/paste the loop procedure
a few times. you can even have other batch files with other loops that start each other over again thus starting more loops. this often leads to the cpu overloading a bit and you need to restart your computer. To open a .exe or other file always start the command line like this:
start (filename)
remember that if you want to start a file that's not a default program on your OS it needs to either be in the same folder as the batch file calling it or the path must be set in "". Just google batch file commands, you'll figure it out. =p

[AppLett]

Seems to me like a whole lot of effort for a practical joke, when it's just as fun to just pull out the power plug.

[Maximkas]

OMFG open CMD
Then type
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
WATCH START WARS !
also try color

[reyes94x]

a fun trick with that is too

cmd type :
tracert www......(type any website)

find ip then type:
shutdown -i

add> type ip

add comment and shut someones comp remotely

[undergroundhack]

mm can you change other name of programs using the command prompt