edit.com doesn't restore window settings on exit

[Wayne]

In the past, edit.com (from a command prompt) has always
restored the dos (command.com) window settings on exit.

I did something today that disabled that somehow.

When I exit edit now, it just leaves the exit dialogue box
up and doesn't restore my dos window settings (scrollbar,
color, etc...).

I was doing a WS_FTP file transfer at the time and changed
focus to the dos window and back...

 

[Bob I]

Normally a command prompt is running from CMD.exe NOT command.com.
perhaps thats where the problem is. try running CMD from Start Run and
then try "edit" and see if the problem still exists.

 

[wayne]

I use:
start "DOS" cmd /E:ON /F:ON /V:ON /T:1E /k d:\bat\wbm.bat
to open a DOS window.

(I don't know where I got command.com from...)

 

[Bob I]

Not to be nosey but is there anything in "wbm.bat" that is messing
things up? And just for curiosity sake what if the WBM.bat is changed to
WBM.cmd?

 

[Wayne]

Nothing new there; I've been using it as is for over a
year.

Something got corrupted. I've look for new entires in the
registry but found none.

$ dir/o:d c:\winnt\ shows nothing new. Nor does
$ dir/o:d c:\winnt\system32.

Thanks for trying, but I haven't changed anything (first
rule of debugging: "what did I change").

This appears to have happened randomly. There was a
dialogue window from WS_FTP flashing on and off at the
time (I was transferring a series of files). Other than
that, nothing (foreground) was going on...

This problem exibits itself if I
Start/Run: cmd and
$ edit x.x.
When I exit the editor, it does not restore the windows
settings.
It does on all my other machines and always did in the
past.

 

[Bob I]

Interesting. I tried Start/run CMD ...... and my "Prompt" changes to
short filename directory path from a "long filename path"!!!!