▁J P ▁Software , ▁designed ▁as ▁a ▁substitute ▁for ▁the ▁default ▁command ▁interpreter ▁in ▁Microsoft ▁Windows , ▁C MD . EX E . ▁ ▁Take ▁Command ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁that ▁J P ▁Software ▁used ▁for ▁their ▁GUI ▁command - line ▁interpre ters ▁for ▁Windows ▁ 3 . 1 ▁( TC 1 6 ), ▁Windows ▁ 3 2 - bit ▁( TC 3 2 ) ▁and ▁later ▁OS / 2 ▁Pres entation ▁Manager ▁( T CO S 2 ). ▁ ▁These ▁were ▁released ▁concurrent ly ▁with ▁version ▁ 4 D OS ▁ 5 . 5 , ▁ 4 NT ▁ 2 . 5 ▁and ▁ 4 OS 2 ▁ 2 . 5 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁OS / 2 ▁and ▁Windows ▁ 1 6 - bit ▁surv ived ▁until ▁version ▁ 2 . 0 2 , ▁they ▁are ▁still ▁available ▁for ▁download ▁from ▁the ▁F TP ▁site ▁on ▁J P ▁Software . ▁ ▁History ▁T CC ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁earlier ▁ 4 D OS ▁command ▁shell ▁for ▁D OS , ▁and ▁ 4 OS 2 ▁for ▁OS / 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁N D OS ▁interpreter ▁and ▁batch ▁file ▁extensions ▁included ▁with ▁several ▁N orton ▁Util ities ▁implementations ▁prior ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁is ▁a ▁light ly ▁modified ▁and ▁extended ▁ 4 D OS ▁interpreter . ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁with ▁version ▁ 1 2 ▁of ▁ 4 NT , ▁support ▁for ▁Windows ▁ 9 5 , ▁ 9 8 , ▁ME , ▁N T ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁were