> Right. Try a search for *.com in the system folder of an 
> XP system one
> day... There's more than one .com application, and there's 
> a command.com.
> The reason for it is that some legacy apps assume it to be 
> there, and
> probably some specifics of how it works are different from 
> cmd.exe.

The XP command.com is a shock if you're not expecting it.
It does all sorts of little things differently or not at all 
compared with cmd.exe.

The very 1st time I got an XP system I launched cmd.com, not 
knowing any better, and proceeded to confuse myself no end 
until I found out about the change.


        Russell 

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