I have installed Visual Studio 2003 on Windows XP SP2
Now whenever I run the command prompt, the Start menu shows Visual Studio
2003 command prompt.
I did not run the Visual Studio command prompt, so how to stop this annoying
behaviour?

Try this.

Right click the Command Prompt shortcut | Properties |
Shortcut tab | Replace the text in the Target box with:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

Click Apply | Click OK

You can replace the text in the Start in box with:

C:\

If you want to have a C:\ prompt.

or

%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

if you want to have a
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here prompt

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ux$fRYMEGHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
kidev <kidev@newsgroups.nospam> hunted and pecked:
> I have installed Visual Studio 2003 on Windows XP SP2
> Now whenever I run the command prompt, the Start menu shows Visual Studio
> 2003 command prompt.
> I did not run the Visual Studio command prompt, so how to stop this
> annoying behaviour?

Oddly enough the same Target is already in the properties, but I replaced it
anyway. Now the Start menu is corrected.

Thank you.

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OTSeOjMEGHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Try this.
>
> Right click the Command Prompt shortcut | Properties |
> Shortcut tab | Replace the text in the Target box with:
>
> %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
>
> Click Apply | Click OK
>
> You can replace the text in the Start in box with:
>
> C:\
>
> If you want to have a C:\ prompt.
>
> or
>
> %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>
> if you want to have a
> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here prompt
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:ux$fRYMEGHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> kidev <kidev@newsgroups.nospam> hunted and pecked:
>> I have installed Visual Studio 2003 on Windows XP SP2
>> Now whenever I run the command prompt, the Start menu shows Visual Studio
>> 2003 command prompt.
>> I did not run the Visual Studio command prompt, so how to stop this
>> annoying behaviour?

Go figure.

Glad you got it sorted out. :-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ePnbJjNEGHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
kidev <kidev@newsgroups.nospam> hunted and pecked:
> Oddly enough the same Target is already in the properties, but I replaced
> it anyway. Now the Start menu is corrected.
>
> Thank you.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OTSeOjMEGHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Try this.
>>
>> Right click the Command Prompt shortcut | Properties |
>> Shortcut tab | Replace the text in the Target box with:
>>
>> %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
>>
>> Click Apply | Click OK
>>
>> You can replace the text in the Start in box with:
>>
>> C:\
>>
>> If you want to have a C:\ prompt.
>>
>> or
>>
>> %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>>
>> if you want to have a
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here prompt
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:ux$fRYMEGHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> kidev <kidev@newsgroups.nospam> hunted and pecked:
>>> I have installed Visual Studio 2003 on Windows XP SP2
>>> Now whenever I run the command prompt, the Start menu shows Visual
>>> Studio 2003 command prompt.
>>> I did not run the Visual Studio command prompt, so how to stop this
>>> annoying behaviour?