Charles Jennings wrote to Ken Hrynchuk on 02-04-03 13:31:
 
 CJ> Ken Hrynchuk wrote the following to All, and I quote (in part):
 
 KH> "Your pop-up program is ready to run. When you have finished using
 KH>  it, press Ctrl+C to close this window and return to Windows."
 KH>
 KH> I've tried everything I can think of (.PIF settings, .BAT tricks) to
 KH> prevent the above from occurring; does anyone know how to stop it?
 
 CJ>    I have the same problem in one batch file.  I really have no
 CJ> idea what causes it.  A wild guess would be a DOS program that runs
 CJ> in protected mode.  I get around the problem with a keyboard
 CJ> stuffer.  If you have one you might give it a try.  Mine looks like
 CJ> this:
 
One of my 'bad' batches does execute PM software, but I've also
experienced the problem in other batches. Here's a cut 'n' paste from
a reply of mine in WIN95, that provides a few more details:
 
 AZ> 1) Make sure the [x] Close  on Exit option is checked (Program tab
 AZ> of the Pif's Properties dialogue)
 
 AZ> 2) Make sure the last line of the Batch file reads:
 
 AZ> Exit
 
I'm using both, with the problem batches, and they won't prevent the
above from happening. One, or both, may appear to, but on some (not
all) subsequent runs (especially after a few back-to-back test runs),
the above will occur. FWIW, I've also found that making almost any
change to a .BAT, while testing, will appear to prevent the above
from happening, but subsequent consecutive runs will disprove that.
This problem doesn't occur with all batches, and, as of yet, I haven't
been able to find a common denominator (it also occurs in Win98SE).
It's an intermittent quirk, that I wish I could prevent. It almost looks
like Windows thinks that COMMAND.COM has gone resident, at times (?).
 
BTW, I'm not loading any TSRs in the 'bad' batches, and I'm executing
the commands directly, (not through COMMAND.COM explicitly).
 
 CJ> kpush 3 CR 3
 
 CJ>    I like kpush because it is not a TSR.  You will find it in
 CJ> HORST32.ZIP available at http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc.
 
Well, why didn't I think of that (actually I did, but dismissed the
idea, because I didn't think a DOS key-pusher would work)!
 
Thanks, Charles; I'll grab the above. It would be nice if we didn't have
to resort to such tactics, though.
 
   Ken
 
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