How keep cmd window open?

[krlund]

On XP Pro I use a shortcut to execute the command:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all

The behavior I want to change is that immediately after the command is
executed the window is closed, not giving me enough time to look at the
results. How can I keep the window open until I can close it manually?
thanks
krl

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Use: cmd.exe /k ipconfig /all

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On XP Pro I use a shortcut to execute the command:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all

The behavior I want to change is that immediately after the command is
executed the window is closed, not giving me enough time to look at the
results. How can I keep the window open until I can close it manually?
thanks
krl

 

[Guest]

Click on START> RUN
type in CMD and press enter button

Command window opens and you can keep it open all year.....

Run what you need to and it will not shut down

 

[Shenan Stanley]

On XP Pro I use a shortcut to execute the command:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all

The behavior I want to change is that immediately after the command is
executed the window is closed, not giving me enough time to look at
the results. How can I keep the window open until I can close it
manually? thanks

Instead of your command (in the shortcut), change it to:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k ipconfig /all

Note that if you open a command prompt and type: cmd /?, you get:

CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF]
[[/S] [/C | /K] string]

/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains
/S Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below)
/Q Turns echo off
/D Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below)
/A Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI
/U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
Unicode
/T:fg Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /? for more info)
/E:ON Enable command extensions (see below)
/E:OFF Disable command extensions (see below)
/F:ON Enable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/F:OFF Disable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/V:ON Enable delayed environment variable expansion using ! as the
delimiter. For example, /V:ON would allow !var! to expand the
variable var at execution time. The var syntax expands variables
at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
loop.

Where it is obvious what the /C you were using is to do and the /K I am
suggesting you use does.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Why not make a batch file.
Name it ipconfig.bat
Include this...


ipconfig /all
pause


Pause will keep the window open until you
Press any key to continue . . .

Pause
[[Suspends processing of a batch program and displays a message prompting
the user to press any key to continue.]]