Can someone help me please. Every time i try to use a program that uses the
command prompt, the cmd opens up for a fraction of a second then closes. How
can I make this not happen. Thanks!

Are you opening a command prompt first and then typing or pasting your
commands?

Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
Then type your commands.

Try
Start | Run | Type: cmd.exe | Click OK |

Try
Start | Run | Type: %windir%\system32\cmd.exe | Click OK |

You may have malware.

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode will prevent those
applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
allowing for easier removal.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...orial=61#winxo

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In news:0FC5AB09-1EB6-460B-80FD-(E-Mail Removed),
Clifton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Can someone help me please. Every time i try to use a program that uses
> the command prompt, the cmd opens up for a fraction of a second then
> closes. How can I make this not happen. Thanks!

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> Can someone help me please. Every time i try to use a program that
> uses the command prompt, the cmd opens up for a fraction of a second
> then closes. How can I make this not happen. Thanks!

Well, it works when I open the command prompt from "Run" but when I open it
from another source that runs in the CMD it opens and automatically closes.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Are you opening a command prompt first and then typing or pasting your
> commands?
>
> Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
> Then type your commands.
>
> Try
> Start | Run | Type: cmd.exe | Click OK |
>
> Try
> Start | Run | Type: %windir%\system32\cmd.exe | Click OK |
>
> You may have malware.
>
> UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.
>
> UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
> system scan with each one.
>
> You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
> software.
>
> Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
> be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
> in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode will prevent those
> applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
> allowing for easier removal.
>
> How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...orial=61#winxo
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:0FC5AB09-1EB6-460B-80FD-(E-Mail Removed),
> Clifton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> > Can someone help me please. Every time i try to use a program that uses
> > the command prompt, the cmd opens up for a fraction of a second then
> > closes. How can I make this not happen. Thanks!
>
>

Clifton wrote:
> Well, it works when I open the command prompt from "Run" but when I open it
> from another source that runs in the CMD it opens and automatically closes.
>


Yes, that's exactly the way it's supposed to work. If you want the CLI
to remain open after that other source has finished, you'll need to
modify the programming of that source to leave the CLI open.


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Gee Bruce, I had to lookup what CLI was. ;-)

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In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Bruce Chambers <(E-Mail Removed)3t> hunted and pecked:
> Clifton wrote:
>> Well, it works when I open the command prompt from "Run" but when I open
>> it from another source that runs in the CMD it opens and automatically
>> closes.
>>
>
>
> Yes, that's exactly the way it's supposed to work. If you want the CLI
> to remain open after that other source has finished, you'll need to
> modify the programming of that source to leave the CLI open.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
> Russell