command prompt closing prematurely in edit.com

G

Guest

When edit is invoked, the edit screen appears, but about a
second later, reverts to the command prompt. Windows 2000
at work does not do this.
 
H

Herb Martin

If any DOS (or other command prompt) command is invoked by "clicking on it"
in Explorer then IF it terminates the command window also closes -- this
obscures
any error messages, etc.

Do this -- explicity OPEN a Command prompt (Start run: Cmd -- will work.

Run Edit from there -- continue your investigation of the problem.
 
M

Mark V

In said:
If any DOS (or other command prompt) command is invoked by
"clicking on it" in Explorer then IF it terminates the command
window also closes -- this obscures
any error messages, etc.

Do this -- explicity OPEN a Command prompt (Start run: Cmd --
will work.

Run Edit from there -- continue your investigation of the problem.
Click to expand...

If he is already doing that it may be that one or more of the following
is at fault.
16-bit DOS subsystem / ntvdm
*.NT configuration files
edit.pif

OP should try starting (from cmd prompt) another 16-bit command-line
program. There might be something in the Event Logs too.
 

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