Vanishing MS-DOS Prompt

[CN]

Whenever I start the MS-DOS prompt under XP Pro, it closes
itself after a few seconds!

 

[Bastet]

Whenever I start the MS-DOS prompt under XP Pro, it closes
itself after a few seconds!

There is no MS-DOS prompt in XP, because there is no DOS - I assume you mean
the Command Prompt?

 

[Guest]

Start / Run / CMD

 

[Alex Marshall]

How have you been launching it? The correct way is to type CMD. If you are
doing this and it is still closing itself I'm not sure what the problem
could be.

This is just a command prompt by the way; it's not DOS.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

So if you go to start | run, and type

cmd

and hit enter, it opens and disappears?

 

[GeneL]

Have you tried making a new shortcut? It may be that there is some odd configuration on the one you are using. Try that to eliminate that as a problem.

 

[Malke]

Have you tried making a new shortcut? It may be that there is some odd
configuration on the one you are using. Try that to eliminate that as
a problem.

It's because you need to do Start>Run>cmd and then you'll get the
command line box. FYI, it isn't DOS. There is no DOS in XP.

Malke

 

[Incognitus]

It's because you need to do Start>Run>cmd and then you'll get the
command line box. FYI, it isn't DOS. There is no DOS in XP.

You know that, and I know that, but the command line box is confused when
you do a MEM command. =)

C:\>mem


655360 bytes total conventional memory
655360 bytes available to MS-DOS
586160 largest executable program size

4194304 bytes total EMS memory
4194304 bytes free EMS memory

19922944 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
15580160 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area