Any body knows a keyboard shortcut to OPEN the COMMAND line from the standard Windows XP GUI?

Thanks in advance.there isn't a one STROKE TYPE of shortcut; but you can do it with the keyboard fairly quickly.

Windows key+r
type cmd
enter

Cyberbuzzard - Welcome to the CH forums.

You can create shortcut keys by first creating a desktop shortcut to CMD.exe then R.Click on the shortcut, select Properties and complete the necessary boxes.

My R.click_shortcut/properties/shortcut is attached. If you select the Options tab you can also open Cmd in full screen mode.

Note that the Target shown is incomplete and in full is:
%comspec% /t:1f/e:on/v:on/k cls prompt $e$p$g

You will want to tailor this to suit your needs. Having a shortcut on the desktop means that I very seldom use the hotkeys to Cmd.

Good luck

p.s. for the purists - I make no excuses for using the MS-Dos logo

Edit: To change the Target to include %comspec%

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p.s. for the purists - I make no excuses for using the MS-Dos logo

Blasphemy i say....shame on you !