Bug or Not? Cmd Prompt/Switching Issue

[AtarashiB]

Hi,

When using vista i realise that sometims when i switch between certain
programs, there is a quick flash of 2 command prompt windows, this is getting
irritating and iI couldn't find any fix to this. Is this a bug or it is made
this way.If it is a bug, hopefully someone here has a fix for it.Thanks

Andrew

 

[oscar]

Not a bug. An anomaly.

A bug is a defect in the software code which doesn’t allow the software to
perform as expected or interferes with the software’s performance. To be
classified as a bug, the undesirable performance would have to exhibit itself
in a vast number of user’s computers under the same or similar conditions.

An anomaly is a peculiar event that occurs in software operations. The
anomaly can be irritating and may be a sign of conflicting software or
hardware requests on the OS. An anomaly can also be a sign of damaged OS
files.

If the program that you change to works, I wouldn’t be concerned at this
point.

 

[AtarashiB]

Yes, thanks for the explanation.

When my PC is in a full screen program, I minimized it, which after i open
some application and if I return to that full screen program, a command
prompt will open for a split second which minimizes the full screen program,
the only way i can stop this is to minimize all windows that are open and
wait for the command prompt to flash again before entering the full screen
program again.

Is this suppose to happen?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes, thanks for the explanation.

When my PC is in a full screen program, I minimized it, which after i open
some application and if I return to that full screen program, a command
prompt will open for a split second which minimizes the full screen
program,
the only way i can stop this is to minimize all windows that are open and
wait for the command prompt to flash again before entering the full screen
program again.

Is this suppose to happen?

How about telling us what the program is? Maybe one of us knows something
about it.

 

[oscar]

Yes, if you can be more specific (which programs, examples, etc, what command
prompt?). From what you've stated, so far, I don't think it's a bug but a
peculiarity to your computer.

 

[AtarashiB]

I was worried about any issue posting the names of the programs but since you
guys asked. For example of a program that experiences this very frequently is
mIRC.
If i run a full screen game like Warcraft, and minimize it. Then i open mIRC
and with mIRC window opened, i resume to full screen with Warcraft, after a
few seconds of blackscreen it is suppose to go into the game but due to the
issue I was redirected back to the desktop.

The command prompt window flashes too fast i could not get the name, i think
it was /system32/attribute.exe or something like that

 

[oscar]

Sorry, I can't help you in your situation. I think it’s peculiar to your
software environment and not a Vista bug. You might want to contact mIRC
users and see if they experience similar behavior


Cheers…

 

[John D. Sheridan]

I never played Warcraft specifically, but I have played other games that
used full screen mode and have seen something like this. I would hazard a
guess that Warcraft may be running inside a command prompt, and that the
behavior you are seeing is because of this.

I would second the suggestion to contact other Warcraft users and see if
they experience the same thing.

John

 

[AtarashiB]

Thanks for the reply.

The programs i listed are just for examples, whenever i switch between any
programs that command prompt will show, but particularily with mIRC, only
when switching from mIRC to a full screen program will cause the command
prompt to repeatedly show itself unless i minimise it. If i switch between
any other programs or window, the command prompt will flash once. So I'm
quite sure it is not caused by certain programs and lies with vista. Could it
be possible that this is some virus?