how do you get a command prompt (or "DOS" window) in Windows CE 4.2, 5, and 6?
These are embedded systems, customized on devices during development, so a command prompt might not be available on all devices running the above versions.
I hope that someone has been able to get a command prompt, and could give details of the PROCEDURE and the device(s) on which that worked?
Also,  do you KNOW of a command reference for Windows CE?
sorry for typo in title, not sure how to correct it?Google for Windows CE 5.0 Command Prompt

This seems promising.

Good luck.I had googled the topic before starting the thread; what I'm focusing on here, is  how to get the command prompt as a user, from within an installed WinCE device , not a a programmer doing a build (if ever possible?)
I had READ on some threads that users were able to intercept the BOOT process and get some of that functionality, unfortunately it was in passing, not enough details and I did not have the chance to ask further about it then.
Hoping someone has done something like that; I know it may be dependent on the device so I'm interested to know which device it is possible on, and how to do it.  It won't be a PC on which WinCE runs in EMULATION; it will be a device on which WinCE was burned-in as the original OS: netbook, wifi tablet, GPS travel guide, etc.