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| Autocomplete For The Dos Prompt Submitted by

Im sure all the dos prompt junkies like me will love this one, if they dont already know about it Its possible to turn on auto complete for filenames and directories when typing in commands. You can do this by going into regedit at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor
Change CompletionChar from 0x40 to 0x9
Now go into a dos prompt (run cmd or the shortcut to command prompt, it doesnt work if you run command from the start/run prompt)
If you type
cd pro
and then press tab, it will auto complete
cd Program Files
if you go into there and type
cd mic
and press tab, it will show
cd Microsoft Office
press tab again, and it will go to the next dir or file starting with mic, such as
cd Microsoft Visual Studio
Koushik

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