Re: Running DOS and Batch Programs on XP

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It's pretty hard to see what is in your batch file from here...

John

David wrote:
I have a favorite old DOS program that I have been dragging along since DOS
2.0. It worked fine up through Win 95, O.K. on Win 98, and now laboriously
on XP. It never has worked on XP with only a shortcut to the *.exe file.
However, I have been able to make it work by starting with the command
prompt, and then navigating down through the file structure to that *.exe
file.

Yesterday I tried to simplify matters by creating a simple batch program
that would do all that navigation and then start up the program. No joy.
I have put everything in the *.bat file, exactly the same as I was doing
before, manually, but the DOS program doesn't execute. I have put "pause"
statements in the *.bat's sequence so that I can follow its progress. But
it just blips through the DOS program without even stopping, and then
exits.

Has anyone any ideas about what might be happening here -- and how I might
go about fixing it?

Thank you most kindly for any thoughts,
David

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