Re: SBBSECHO runs but never quits
  By: Diamond Dave to All on Fri Jun 05 2020 08:49 pm

 > Here's an interesting observation that I saw when I moved my existing BBS
 > from a Windows 7 VM to a Windows 10 VM (build 2004, 32-bit)
 >
 > When SBBSECHO is invoked by FIDOIN as an external event, it runs, unzips and
 > tosses mail, but never exits. It just sits in the taskbar. And the next time
 > it runs, the next one sits there, and it just continues to pile up over
 > time.
 >
 > So my question is why is it doing this and how to prevent it from doing so.

What is your FIDOIN command-line?

Do you have the same problem with FIDOOUT events?

If you run SBBSecho from, say, Start->Run, do you have the same problem?

 > The BBS isn't calling it as a .cmd or .bat file, it calls it directly from
 > the FIDOIN external program after BINKPOLL completes a session.
 >
 > I can post an example if necessary, but it doesn't show any errors. So I'm
 > just wondering what's different now in Win 10 instead of Win 7?

Do you have an sbbsecho.pif or sbbsecho.lnk file somewhere on your hard disk
(configured to not close on exit) maybe?

                                            digital man

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