JEAN PARROT wrote the following to CHARLES JENNINGS, and I quote (in part):

 CJ>> Click on the icon or drive letter in the top upper left of the
 CJ>> screen.  This will bring up a menu that includes Edit.  Then expand
 CJ>> the Edit menu.

 JP>         Nogo ! I do not know what OS you are using but I sure do not 
 JP>         see this on my screen here. I am on XP Pro but BW takes over 
 JP>  and fills my screen with a nice pale blue colour, not a BSoD.

   Okay, I think I see what is going on.  You are running
in "Full-Screen" rather than in a "DOS window".  I assume you
should be able to change this in the MS-Dos prompt properties.

   I am running Win95 but I assume the change is similar under SX.
You don't need to be in BW.  Drop to the DOS prompt and hit
Alt-Enter.  This should toggle you to a window rather than
full-screen.  I think in XP you can click on the drive letter in
the upper left corner to display a menu.  Now you can click on the
Properties icon and change the default to run DOS (batch files) in
a window.

   Or if you just want to change the properties of the batch file
that calls BW try this:  Create a shortcut to the batch file.
Right click on it and click options.  Now you can change from
full-screen to a window.

    Good luck, 
      Charles

... Windows without dos is only Winw.
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