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Old 02-15-2005, 08:49 AM  
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Can't get Dos prompt to come up
Seeing Phil's Earthlink thread reminded me of something. On my PC at home, I'm running XP with SP2. I click the start menu and then click run. The small command window opens up for a split second and then it disappears. How can I fix this?
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Old 02-15-2005, 09:01 AM   #2
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Type CMD in the run line
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Old 02-15-2005, 09:19 AM   #3
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Type CMD in the run line
How do I do that when the window pops up for a split second and then disappears>?
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Old 02-15-2005, 10:07 AM   #4
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How do I do that when the window pops up for a split second and then disappears>?
Try opening it through Start, All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt.
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Old 02-15-2005, 10:17 AM   #5
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How do I do that when the window pops up for a split second and then disappears>?
Ahh, I see... I thought you were typing the commands in the Run line. When you do that, a DOS window opens for the duration of the command, then auto-closes at the end.

Odd that the run dialog would flash off the screen like that.

Okay, lame question I know but it has to be asked, have you rebooted?
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Old 02-15-2005, 10:31 AM   #6
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Ahh, I see... I thought you were typing the commands in the Run line. When you do that, a DOS window opens for the duration of the command, then auto-closes at the end.

Odd that the run dialog would flash off the screen like that.

Okay, lame question I know but it has to be asked, have you rebooted?
Yes, I have rebooted.
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Old 02-15-2005, 10:32 AM   #7
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Try opening it through Start, All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt.
I will try that route when I get home this evening. Although, I doubt it will make a difference.
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Old 02-15-2005, 10:41 AM   #8
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Are you an administrator of the PC?
Have you recently modified the local group policy?


You need access to C:\Windows\System32\
(the actual executeable = cmd.exe)
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Old 02-15-2005, 12:49 PM   #9
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Are you an administrator of the PC?
Have you recently modified the local group policy?


You need access to C:\Windows\System32\
(the actual executeable = cmd.exe)
Yes, I'm the admin. It's just my home PC.
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Old 02-15-2005, 01:00 PM   #10
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Try Donger's suggestion... also try running the executeable manually by navigating to it (C:\Windows\System32\CMD.EXE) in explorer/My Computer.
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Old 02-15-2005, 01:11 PM   #11
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Ok, thanks guys. I'll try those suggestions tonight.
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Old 02-15-2005, 01:21 PM   #12
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D'oh, almost forgot - if you have a Windows keyboard (in other words, your keyboard has a key with the Windows logo on it), click Windows Key + R... that opens the run command. This will tell you whether or not it's a problem with the start menu or the command itself.
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Old 02-15-2005, 02:54 PM   #13
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It sounds like it is unable to run the command from the location that your run prompt is dumping you out to.

Try typing in:

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

From the start>run

If the command window opens type:

Path and see if c:\windows\system32 appears as an entry in your path statement.
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Old 02-15-2005, 04:24 PM   #14
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I think you have conflicting versions of cmd.exe.

find all occurances of cmd.exe on your drive and rename the oldest to cmd1. See if cmd will work then.
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Old 02-16-2005, 01:55 AM   #15
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How can I tell you to type Format C: if you can't get a DOS prompt?

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