I've created a batch file with a menu inside, 1 to 7 choices. When I execute the batch file, the DOS window pops and closes right away and I don't know why. I've even done a search on google for batch files with menus and they all do the same thing. Could it be Windows XP???

Post your batchfile so we can have a look at it. There are so many things what can be wrong. I don't think this is because WinXP but I'm not sure.

A batch menu like this will likely open and close instantly on WinXP: @echo off echo Choose: echo [1] Option 1 echo [2] Option 2 CHOICE /c:12 While in Win9x the CHOICE.COM command is present by default and will wait for user input, it's not present by default on WinXP, so executing it will only return an error message saying ""CHOICE" is not recognized bla bla bla"... Here's a sample of batch menu on NT batch scripting: @echo off echo Choose: echo [A] Option 1 echo [B] Option 2 echo. :choice SET /P C=[A,B]? for %%? in (A B) do if /I "%C%"=="%%?" goto ok goto choice :ok echo C=%C% It's still a good idea to post your batch. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

Here it is: @echo off goto menu :menu echo. echo What would you like to do? echo. echo Choice echo. echo 1 Open Softphone echo 2 Open Internet Explorer echo 3 Open Mailout echo 4 Open Lantern echo 5 Open Notepad echo 6 Open Netscape echo 7 Quit echo. pause choice /C:1234567 /n Your Choice: if errorlevel 7 goto quit if errorlevel 6 goto net if errorlevel 5 goto note if errorlevel 4 goto lan if errorlevel 3 goto mail if errorlevel 2 goto ie if errorlevel 1 goto soft :soft start C:\Progra~1\ goto menu :ie start iexplore.exe http://www.google.ca/ goto menu :mail start h:\mailouts2.html goto menu :lan start iexplore.exe http:// goto menu :note start notepad goto menu :net start netscape -mail -P"netscape" goto menu :quit exit :end

Are you sure that script pops up thw window and close immediately? The PAUSE command should prevent that... Anyway, if CHOICE.COM is not present (and it's not present by default), the script won't work. Try this one: ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== @echo off goto menu :menu echo. echo What would you like to do? echo. echo Choice echo. echo 1 Open Softphone echo 2 Open Internet Explorer echo 3 Open Mailout echo 4 Open Lantern echo 5 Open Notepad echo 6 Open Netscape echo 7 Quit echo. :choice set /P C=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]? if "%C%"=="7" goto quit if "%C%"=="6" goto net if "%C%"=="5" goto note if "%C%"=="4" goto lan if "%C%"=="3" goto mail if "%C%"=="2" goto ie if "%C%"=="1" goto soft goto choice :soft start C:\Progra~1\ goto menu :ie start iexplore.exe http://www.google.ca/ goto menu :mail start h:\mailouts2.html goto menu :lan start iexplore.exe http:// goto menu :note start notepad goto menu :net start netscape -mail -P"netscape" goto menu :quit exit :end ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

Thanks man, that really helps alot. Yeah, the pause command did stop it from closing, I put it there just for that because I wanted to see what the menu looked like, but if it wasn't there, it would close. The only thing is, when i press a number, nothing happens??? Any way, thanks anyway, I'll try and figure it out, if you have any ideas, I'm all ears

You gotta enter the number and press enter. Perhaps it would be good to inform user that such action is required. If you need something more close to CHOICE.COM, see the following subject: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/11117.html Nevertheless, I prefer this method which I posted here. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br