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Old 20-08-2008, 10:15 AM   #5
Mighty Midget
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Well, assuming that you are waaaaaay too good:
The command prompt isn't really that hard. There are very few commands you'll need to get the games running. I'm also assuming that your keyboard is working properly.

The basic commands you'll need are:

dir (alternatively dir/p) - This will give you an index of all the files and subdirectories (folders in Windows) in the current directory. The /p switch will let you get the index one screen at a time if it's too long. If you look at the extentions of the file/directory names, you'll notice that the "dir" extention means this is a subdirectory. By using the cd command you can then navigate to that subdirectory.
You can also combine the dir command with an extention say, dir.exe, which will list all exe files (the executable program files) in the current directory. Other executable files are .bat and .com.

cd (change directory) - For navigating to a subdirectory.

cd.. - Navigate back to the previous/higher directory

All you now need is to type the name of the exe/bat/com file that will start the program/game or the setup if any. These have pretty obvious names.

As for myself, this is the preferred method, no front end, just a little bit of typing.
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