Using ms-dos edit com in 64 bit windows

[rajeshsikhakolli]

pls tell me the alternative for DOS command edit.com in windows 64 bit computers

 

[Ijack]

notepad

 

[Shadow703793]

^ lol. Epic response

 

[MichaelM961]

Try this.

Instead of using a command such as [edit textfile.txt], use [notepad textfile.txt].

Just found out that edit was unavailable in W7 64-bit and found that this alternative works.

 

[ricno]

Just found out that edit was unavailable in W7 64-bit and found that this alternative works.

Edit.com is/was a 16-bit program originally from DOS, so it would not work for that reason in 64 bit Windows.

I actually used it sometimes on Windows 2003, because it had some better capability than Notepad to handle certain foreign characters.