CTRL+C doesn't terminate ANYTHING, only CTRL+BREAK works.

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dbareis [Windows Installer MVP]

Hi,

Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working. On 3 different WinXP PRO
systems I have seen:

1. Both CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK work
2. Only CTRL+C work
3. Only CTRL+BREAK work

This is getting annoying...

Thanks for any help,
Dennis
 
dbareis said:
Hi,

Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working. On 3 different WinXP PRO
systems I have seen:

1. Both CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK work
2. Only CTRL+C work
3. Only CTRL+BREAK work
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What application or applications? My experience is that some apps trap
this and some don't -- some respond to these keys and some don't respond
to all of them.
 
Hi,

What application or applications? My experience is that some apps trap
this and some don't -- some respond to these keys and some don't respond
to all of them.
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Your right (or at least I've found a case where CTRL+C works).
Perhaps my app has different versions on the different machines I'll
check into that.

Thanks,
Dennis
 
dbareis said:
Anyone know what stops CTRL+C from working.
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One thing that has an effect is whether you are running the command
prompt as a different user. If you are, CTRL-C is often disabled.

Avoid using PING -T when running as a different user!
 
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