DOS WINDOW

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WHEN I GO TO RUN AND TYPE IN IPCONFIG /ALL
THE DOS WINDOW POPS UP AND THEN DISAPPERS.
HOW DO I GIT THE DOS WINDOW TO STAY UP?
THIS STARTED AFTER I DOWNLOADED THE XP UPDATES.


RICHARD
 
I always open a command window from Start|Run (cmd.exe), then in the window,
at the DOS prompt, type "ipconfig /<switch>". (IPCONFIG, not to be confused
with WINIPCFG, which I don't believe is available in XP...)

I think the "only" other way to keep the command prompt window open is to
build a batch file (or script, or ...) that calls the actual command (e.g.,
"ipconfig"), and follows this with a "pause", then optionally an "exit":

' Keep a window open after running ipconfig
ipconfig /all
pause
exit
 
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RICHARD said:
WHEN I GO TO RUN AND TYPE IN IPCONFIG /ALL
THE DOS WINDOW POPS UP AND THEN DISAPPERS.
HOW DO I GIT THE DOS WINDOW TO STAY UP?
THIS STARTED AFTER I DOWNLOADED THE XP UPDATES.
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Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in
mixed case.

No, this has nothing to do with XP updates. It's always worked
this way. What you should do is type the word "cmd" on the Start
| Run. That will open a command prompt window in which you can
type commands like ipconfig and others.
 
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