OT: why can't I use "tasklist" in the Windows XP Cmd window?

[Mike Bonner]

With windows xp, tasklist is only available on xp Pro.  vista and 7 should
have it in all versions by default. (I think)

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com> wrote:

> Since I can't use 'the OpenProcesses' in LC to see what non-LC programs are
> running in Windows, I thought I'd look for the equivalent command in the
> cmd.exe command set, hoping in the end to run it via 'shell' from my LC app.
> The Microsoft documentation explains a function called 'tasklist' which
> looks promising, but my CMD window keep saying the command is not
> recognised. Other commands like 'start' and 'ipconfig' work OK. Can anyone
> with Windows knowledge explain what I'm doing wrong?
>
> TIA
>
> Graham
>
>
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