When I type in "ipconfig" in Run - Open, the CMD dialog box just flashes. If
I type in "msconfig" the dialog box stays. I need to be able to use IPCONFIG.
How do I get the dialog box to stay?
If you go to Start | Run and enter *any* command-line command, the
command will run. When the command completes, it normally closes, and
when it closes, it closes the CMD window along with it.
If you want to run such a command and have the CMD window stay open,
you need to begin by opening the CMD window. Go to Start \ Run and
type CMD. *Then* enter the command you want (in your case IPCONFIG) in
the CMD Window. Now when it IPCONFIG completes, since it wasn't the
one who opened the CMD window, it doesn't shut it.
MSCONFIG is an entirely different matter. It's not a command-line
command, but an application that runs in a GUI. There is no CMD window
for it to shut down.