Subj : Bizarre Problem To : Larry Athey From : Jeff Guerdat Date : Sun Jan 07 2001 11:56 pm On 01-07-01, Larry Athey said to All: LA>This question only applies to Windows 95/98, I'm not sure if the problem LA>exists in ME, but it doesn't exist in NT 4.0 or 2000. LA>I set up a computer for a friend here and any time you launch a DOS LA>program that runs in a batch file, from a shortcut link on the desktop, 9 LA>times out of 10 you get this message and you can't close the window LA>without pressing CTRL-C. LA>+------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA>--+ ¦ MICROSOFT WINDOWS POP-UP PROGRAM SUPPORT LA>¦ LA>¦------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA>--¦ ¦ Your pop-up program is ready to run. When you have finished LA>using ¦ ¦ it, press Ctrl+C to close this window and return to LA>Windows. ¦ LA>+------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA>--+ This doesn't happen if you link directly to a DOS executable, it LA>strictly happens when you link to a batch file. Has anybody else seen this LA>before? If so, do you know how to get rid of the problem? I've tried LA>everuthing I can think of and I can't get rid of it. --- GoldED+/W32 This is due to something (perhaps the application you're trying to run in the first place) as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident). You need to determine what's being loaded as a TSR and either don't run it or see if it can be loaded as a normal program, rather than as a background one (such as a menuing system that pops up when you hit certain keys). ___ *Durango b211 * DurangoMail for Windows NT/9x --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) .