Date   : Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:56:57 +0000
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: XFER

2009/3/29 Phill Harvey-Smith <afra@...>:
>
> That's indeed true, however running it from a prompt allows you to see
> any error messages that are displayed before the program closes. I
> personally always tend to run dos /text mode stuff in this way.

Indeed.  Of course, if you regularly run a particular DOS program that
you need to see the results of after it ends, you can indeed run it
directly (or create its own shortcut with suitable parameters) but
un-tick the "close on exit" option (on Properties>Program tab). That
forces you to click the X to close the window afterwards so allowing
you to see it's results.

Where you are still working on getting something working, running from
a command window makes more sense I feel, and the instructions I gave
at least try and make that window work in compatibility mode.