>   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?

Here are the command lines from the Fixed Events

BINKPOLL - ?binkit -p
BINKOUT - ?binkit -p
FIDOIN - %!sbbsecho%. -ce
FIDOOUT - %!sbbsecho%. -ni

 > Do you have the same problem with FIDOOUT events?

Not that I'm aware of.


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

It runs and then goes away as it should.

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

I checked, does not appear to be any.

 
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