Locking a specific command in cmd.exe

Question

Can anyone recommend a way in Windows XP or later to make it possible for users to access cmd.exe while locking out the ability to use type?

Answer 1

Even if you could prevent the use of type, the following command would do the same thing:

copy file.txt con

There are probably other ways to display the contents of a file without using the type built-in command. Notepad (or any other text editor) jumps to mind.

Answer 2

I believe that type is built into the shell's command parser itself, so I'm thinking no.

Answer 3

You could always make type.bat (which does nothing), or even compile type.exe and put it in path.