Hi,

Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working. On 3 different WinXP PRO
systems I have seen:

1. Both CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK work
2. Only CTRL+C work
3. Only CTRL+BREAK work

This is getting annoying...

Thanks for any help,
Dennis

"dbareis [Windows Installer MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working. On 3 different WinXP PRO
> systems I have seen:
>
> 1. Both CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK work
> 2. Only CTRL+C work
> 3. Only CTRL+BREAK work

What application or applications? My experience is that some apps trap
this and some don't -- some respond to these keys and some don't respond
to all of them.

--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)

Hi,


> > 1. Both CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK work
> > 2. Only CTRL+C work
> > 3. Only CTRL+BREAK work
>
> What application or applications? My experience is that some apps trap
> this and some don't -- some respond to these keys and some don't respond
> to all of them.

Your right (or at least I've found a case where CTRL+C works).
Perhaps my app has different versions on the different machines I'll
check into that.

Thanks,
Dennis

"dbareis [Windows Installer MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working.

One thing that has an effect is whether you are running the command
prompt as a different user. If you are, CTRL-C is often disabled.

Avoid using PING -T when running as a different user!

--
David
Stardate 7274.1

On Apr 11, 6:49 am, "David Trimboli" <trimb...@cshl.edu> wrote:
> "dbareis [Windows Installer MVP]" <dbar...@gmail.com> wrote

> One thing that has an effect is whether you are running the command
> prompt as a different user. If you are, CTRL-C is often disabled.

That could explain a lot as I do use admin command windows a lot.

Thanks,
Dennis