Re: Doskey alias command from a cmd shortcut not working

[JJ]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:54:11 -0700 (PDT), rajnara...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have the following in the Target of a cmd shortcut on my desktop:
> "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k m50"
>
> But the cmd windows shows the following error: "'m50' is not recognized
> as an internal or external command".
>
> The doskey macrofile has been registered in the registry. How can I make
> this work? Thanks.

DOSKEY won't work like you expected, because it doesn't work like that.

Every console window has it's own alias, and other console input
configurations. DOSKEY simply changes & manages those configurations.

So, as long as that console window is still open, the configured macros will
work - assuming that whatever console program is running in that console
window, does not use their own input handler (which basically makes the
alias ineffective).

If the console window is closed, then the macros are gone. Also, macros are
not inherited to child console windows.