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Compiling Windows on DOS? (Developers)

posted by rr Homepage E-mail, Berlin, Germany, 12.02.2021, 12:14

> As everyone knows, Windows 2003's source codes have been leaked. And I
> downloaded them. By using some tools, I found that its compiler doesn't
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> import ntdll.dll. So, it's possible to compile Windows 2003 on Win9x, even
> on DOS by using HX. Then I started to try. But I encountered a problem.
> Many scripts for compilation use .cmd file extension and command.com
> doesn't recognize it as a batch file. Changing then to .bat extension one
> by one would be a disaster. (And you also have to replace .cmd in the
> scripts to .bat) So, my question is: How to let command.com run a .cmd
> file?
This is a valid question. So to give you an idea: Windows NT (or higher) .cmd files use a different/extended syntax. Just renaming everything to .cmd probably won't help very much. You need a new command.com to understand the different syntax or you have to remove/replace the extended syntax.

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