A. A. When you use CMD.EXE, there are various extensions
which are enabled by default. To enable/disable perform the following
- Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
- Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
- Double click on EnableExtensions
- Set to 1 for them to be enabled, or set to 0 for extensions to be
disabled
- Click OK
You can also enable/disable them for a specific command session by using
the appropriate qualifier to cmd.exe
cmd /y disables command extensions for this cmd session
cmd /x enables command extensions for this cmd session