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How do I boot into the command prompt without windows running ?

Asked by ccbon in Windows XP Operating System, Windows 98 Operating System

Tags: MS WinXPproSP3

The directory name that's part of the path of most of my windows files is extremely long. That causes the line to truncate all the time, it's hard to read, hard to do a fully-qualified reference to a file name, etc.
I wanted to rename the folder to a simpler version of its name, but I can't access it to rename it because obviously it's always in use. Even if I boot into safe mode with command prompt, it's still got Windows running.
I remember being able to get to a command prompt without windows' being involved, I think it was back in Windows 98. You had to make some change then reboot the computer which got you straight command with no windows.
Is there any way to do this with XP ?
Thanks for any thoughts.

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How do I boot into the command prompt without windows running ?

Asked by ccbon in Windows XP Operating System, Windows 98 Operating System

Tags: MS WinXPproSP3

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