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run prompt box disappears
Name: farmerj Date: November 8, 2004 at 18:49:33 Pacific OS: W2K sp4 CPU/Ram: amd 3200+ 1g ddr
Comment:
Hello, If I click on start run I get a box. Then type "cmd" I get a window. If I type ipconfig or netstat the window opens and closes very quickly. How can I get the window to stay open? Make sense? Thanks, J.
Name: IVO Date: November 9, 2004 at 02:38:09 Pacific
Reply:
Using the Start/Run feature to execute a command line statement often requires the following to be typed:
Cmd /K <command name>
e.g. Cmd /K IPConfig and then type Exit to close the box as commands have no pause at their end.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: November 9, 2004 at 04:10:18 Pacific
Reply:
Yes,
Or if you wanted to be in a particulr directory, in this case maybe NETSTATS where you're saving what ipconfig spits out, you can make a batch file like this:
Summary: Hey all, I installed Win2k a month or two ago and it worked fine. But now it freezes when I go to run from the start menu or start word or internet explorer. It works again if I make a new user profil...
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