How do I check the history on my computer from the C: prompt if i'm in dos mode? I know how to do it from WIN

Question

SOMEONE; was snooping around on my computer while i was away, and they went to tools/internet options and deleted the history, cookies, and temp internet files, BUT there is a way to check history from the DOS prompt I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT......HELP ANYONE!!!

Answer 1

If he deleted the history, cookies and everything else, then there is no way of accessing the files since they have been removed. DOS is just a different version of how you can access files, but its a primitive way of accessing your folders and files...windows does the same thing except its in a more user friendly environment.

If you want to get to the history of your internet temp files in the future using dos, just type:

cd c:\docu*\loginName

If your login name is angel4u when you log into windows then you will want to type:
cd c:\docu*\angel4u

Then type:
cd local*\Temp\Temp*

It should take you to where the hitsory files are kept.

Then just type dir/p and hit enter and it will give you the list of files in that folder. You need to hit a key if you want to go to the next page. It will do the paging method for file view.

Answer 2

DOSKEY command can enable the history and then by pressing the UP/ DOWN arrow key you can nevigate between the commands but I am not sure whether you will be able to get old commands if it is not already running. F3 can give you last command you can try that too.
Gourav

Answer 3

could you plz plz plz tell me how to get it into dos mode to begin with pretty plz??