When I use Start-Run and type in a command, why does a window just flash and disappear?

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CMD works with Windows XP and NT but if you have an earlier version of Windows (95, 98, ME) you need to type in COMMAND. Am I showing my age or what ;)

In the UK we used to have a TV ad that stated: Look for the little lion ~ then you know your eggs are nice and fresh...
Ronnie will probably remember that...
Well Leo, you're my little lion, and the little eggs you constantly serve up are always fresh...

I remember Win95 & 98 etc, and I can remember trying to do battle over one problem or another, and finding some little gem about how to solve the problem. But, many of my attempts to solve a problem using the Windows Command Prompt ended in a puff and a pop, and the microsoft genie just disappeared into thin air. And I never did solve the mystery of the genie...
These days of course, it's all a bit different, and generally if I need to solve a problem, the information is not far away, which is how I found my little lion...
And although the answer is fairly obvious, it sometimes takes an article such as this to enlighten the otherwise uninitiated and spark that little desire to learn more...
Thank you Leo, thank you very much indeed. And keep up the good work ~ I will be back...!

Character Mode User Interface = CLI = Command Line Interface :-)

I think that's more of a cross over from the *nix enviroment but still useful.

Hi;
I lost start menu item "run..."..
I search on internet but I couldn't find any suitable information about it.
Please help me how can I fix it.
Thank you
Basri KUL

Might be helpful,

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/151/

I Hope Everything is fine with You :)

Regards

Dear Mr. Notenboom:

Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Roberta Gallant and I reside in Concord, New Hampshire. I own a personal computer with preinstalled Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2002.

I have a problem which needs your immediate attention now. When I type web site addresses in the Start Menu's Run Command box and click on OK, a (for example -- "www.google.com: Application not found" error message pops up on my computer-monitor screen. Internet shortcuts open the Open With dialog box insteading of opening Internet Explorer. What should I do about this frustrating issue, Leo?

Please email me back regarding this problem.
I anticipate hearing from you. Thank you
for your prompt attention and reply to my
very important email letter.

Respectfully,
Roberta Gallant
New Hampshire

when i am recived your mail that time to this site giving to me very lot of information on pc problams but i am missing lot of tips b'se i have little bit time to sit on net .

I used to go to start >Run >CMD when I had a problem with my internet. Now when I do that, it says CMD is not a valid WIN32.... so I typed COMMAND instead of CMD and my prompt popped open. Why does the CMD not work anymore and COMMAND does? I have windows 2000 professional.

Sounds like CMD.EXE has become corrupt. In your shoes I'd locate it, and grab a fresh copy of it from your installation disks. I'd also make sure to run anti-virus and anti-spyware scans - sometimes they can corrupt these files.

I use Win XP. I have a lil problem. When I try to run MS DOS Prompt it just flasheds and disappears. I have even reinstalled the CMD file in System32 folder...same results.

Please help.

Furthermore I have installed Norton Anti Virus-2004 ..but when I try to open it for the exe file nothing happens...

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