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echo: batpower
to: Ben Carpenter
from: Ken Hrynchuk
date: 2003-02-08 09:12:00
subject: `Pop-up` w/Batches?

Ben Carpenter wrote to Ken Hrynchuk on 02-04-03 15:58:
 
 -=> Quoting Ken Hrynchuk to All <=-
 
 KH> I have a long-standing annoyance, when running .BAT files from .PIFs
 KH> in Win9x. Sometimes, after completion of the batch, Win will show this:
 
 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> 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?
 
 BC>  Anyway if you look at the properties of the "pif" file under the
 BC>  program tab is a box that you can check to close on exit.  Try
 BC> that
 BC>  along with having the last line of your batch file read "exit" and
 BC> see
 BC>  if this helps.
 
 BC>  Maybe this is something you have already tried but it is all I
 BC> could
 BC>  think of right now.
 
Thanks, Ben; I have tried both of the above, with no success. Please see
my reply to Alan Zisman for more details on the problem. BTW, Charles
Jennings has come up with a quick 'n' dirty solution, over in BATPOWER.
He suggests using KPUSH 3 CR 3. KPUSH is inside HORST32.ZIP, found at:
 
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc
 
   Ken
 
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