Kari,
OTVDM can be anywhere. Just copy all the files in the current OTVDM
folder to the folder where you want otvdm to be, and click on the
"Install" shortcut. You'll need to reinstall my XyWin installer, but it
will find the otvdm folder from the Registry.
My OtvdmInstaller creates the OTVDM folder in the root folder of the
Windows system drive, but that's just for convenience.
As for Go to DOS in XyWin, your wish is my command. Download this ZIP
file and place the two files in your otvdm folder:
www.columbia.edu/~em36/otvdmHelpers.zip
The "Command.com" file is an AutoIt wrapper for FileOpen.exe (really
Wengier's start.exe) that launches cmd.exe if you run my command.com
program with no parameters. You can use up to four parameters for the
DOS/nz/v command, but if you simply Go to DOS, you'll get the cmd window.
If you want to run one of these internal command-line commands: dir,
attrib, chcp, ver, or set, then I've written the command.com script so
that you can simply enter those commands after DOS/nv/z on the Xy
command line. I can add to that list easily, of course. This means you
can use:
DOS/nv/z attrib *.* | more
and get the results you want.
If you want to run some other internal DOS command from the Xy command
line, then you'll need to use:
DOS/nv/z cmd /k COMMANDNAME
Again, as I said, I can add other internal commands to the list that's
already there.
I don't know how that compares to normal XyWrite.
Of course if you want to run Notepad.exe or any other non-DOS-style
command, simply run
DOS/nv/z notepad.exe filename.txt
Wengier could presumably make a version of start.exe that opened a
command window if you ran it with no parameters, and of course that
would be a lot simpler and smaller than this complex workaround. But
this will do in the meantime.