Q. I have used an accounting system for many years that is based on DOS. I presently am using Windows 98 SE, and everything works fine. However, I understand that the newer XP Microsoft Windows ope… ...

An optional user interface that let users operate DOS from menus rather than the command line. The DOS Shell came with DOS 4.01 and was completely revised in DOS 5. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

A typical shell will display easy-to-understand instructions from which a user can make a selection. In the copy example, the user chooses the word “copy” from the shell’s selection menu.