When
you normally create a shortcut for a DOS program, it does
not prompt you for any input and just runs the program
To change that, simply add a ? after the program name in the
CMD field.
For
example:
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EDIT.COM ?
will start the DOS editor and prompt you for a file name
to edit
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