After all these years, and all these fancy GUIs, I still spend much of my time at the command prompt. 

While COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE are the standards in Windows, I’ve used 4DOS and 4NT (http://www.jpsoft.com) continuously since 1989 (has it really been almost 20 years???).  4NT always the first thing that goes on any new computer I get. 

Now Microsoft has finally built a real, professional shell called PowerShell!  I couldn’t be happier with that.  They also are clearly committed to it.

So now I’ve got three shells I work with on a daily basis:  4NT, CMD, and PowerShell.  Makes for a cluttered desktop and there is only so much desk space for additional monitors (or budget).

Enter TCI from the 4NT/4DOS creators.  Its a full tabbed environment for my shells.  Since all my browsers and editors are fully tabbed, its only fair that my shell gets that capability too.

I setup TCI with toolbar buttons for each of my shells.  With one simple click, I can start any shell I need, multiple times.  I can also “detach” the tabs and move it to a different monitor if need be.

The previous versions of TCI were a little cumbersome, but the latest version is just pure gold.

If you live at a Windows Shell like I do, this is worth checking out.

http://www.jpsoft.com/tcides.htm

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