Windows 7: C:\>pause Press any key to continue . . .

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

Hi, does anybody know if i can change the text that the "pause" command shows?

Code:

C:\>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

to something like

Code:

C:\>pause <something>
Press any key to exit . . .

- Hakon

Antman · 05 Oct 2009

In DOS, you could edit the io.sys file to change the string. If you know how to do that, we can talk.

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

Now, that was funny.

Nope i dont, isnt there any parameter i can specify ?

Antman · 05 Oct 2009

Resource Hacker - Tweaking with Vishal

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You will also need to understand a hex editor.

I cannot assist you with this unless you have an advanced command of the OS or at least solid image technique.

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

Nono, im not interested in that. I just want to know if there is anything i can type after "pause" (or before it) that will display any other text

logicearth · 05 Oct 2009

No....should have been obvious from Antman's comments... o.o

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

bah, i did it once but cant remember how...

edit:
im 98% sure i did it

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

i got it!

Code:

@echo off
pause | echo Press any key to exit. . .

put that in a bat file and try it, exactly what i wanted... noobs

i know it gives the "The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe." error but that dosent matter since it exit's right away

H2SO4 · 05 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Hakon

...
i know it gives the "The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe." error but that dosent matter since it exit's right away

Code:

pause > nul | echo press any key to be more l33t

Your question was somewhat ambiguous though.

Hakon · 05 Oct 2009

Thanks a lot H2SO4

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