Microsoft KB Archive/89720

= Delay when Displaying Command Prompt =

Article ID: 89720

Article Last Modified on 5/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q89720



SYMPTOMS
When switching from one drive to another from the command prompt, there may be a slight delay before the command prompt is displayed. This behavior may be due to a PROMPT command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.



CAUSE
This delay may occur when using the PROMPT command as follows:   prompt $p$g The $p parameter specifies the current drive and path to be included in the system prompt. When you use this parameter, the system has to read the disk every time it switches directories to determine the active directory, which will in turn be displayed as the command prompt. The $g parameter displays the greater than sign (>).

This delay described above is not a problem with the PROMPT command; the delay occurs while MS-DOS is checking the drive for the current directory.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 6.00 5.00a slow dos prompt root

Keywords: KB89720

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