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MS-DOS prompt won't work
Name: Ben Date: January 28, 2001 at 12:34:04 Pacific
Comment:
When I try and run MS-DOS prompt from the desktop the screen just goes black and the computer hangs! Any ideas as to how I might fix this problem would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Name: W0rm Date: January 28, 2001 at 13:20:26 Pacific
Reply:
thats sounds pretty strange... try right clicking the shortcut and going to command line, make it look like this;
%COMSPEC% /K CTTY CON
- W0rm
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Response Number 2
Name: fred6008 Date: January 28, 2001 at 18:43:22 Pacific
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This is a Windows DOS prompt? In Windows 3.1 it would be a PIF file problem. I don't know how later Windows handle that, but it is probably some kind of corrupt file.
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael Date: January 29, 2001 at 06:16:21 Pacific
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Try running the DOS prompt from the start button (assuming you have windows 9X/Mill). Does it still do the same thing?
-Michael
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Response Number 4
Name: Ben Date: January 29, 2001 at 13:22:04 Pacific
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I'm running Win98, and dos prompt won't run from the start button either. Any other ideas?
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Response Number 5
Name: Annette Date: January 30, 2001 at 23:53:53 Pacific
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I have a command that I entered to correct a 650 stack problem.I entered it and nothing happend. My cd want run with out it.
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