Restart of program

[harrya]

I have a large dos program that runs great under Vdos.
When I include "SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE" in the Autoexec.txt, the program starts but I need to click on the screen in order to enter commands.
If I remark out the "set comspec", when the progam starts I can immediately enter commands.
With the "set comspec" in, it appears that my program starts and then restarts.
Is there a way to included the "set comspec" but be able to enter commands without having to click on the program first?

[Jos]

Why do you need the command line processor set to CMD.EXE?

Never thought of this kind of SET COMSPEC usage. It's normally a DOS program, by default the built-in emulated one.

CMD.EXE is however a Windows program, so runs in its own window, outside that of vDos.
And ‘steals’ the focus when actually started.

Jos

[harrya]

I need the cmd.exe processor to run batch files that don't run correctly under 4dos.
Is there a way to return the focus to the screen without having to click on it? Is there a command I can put in autoexec.txt? Or any other ideas?

[Jos]

When a program exits, Windows normally returns the focus to the program that lost it.
No idea why that then isn’t vDos.
You could peek with task switcher (Alt+Tab) which program got it instead (the one to the left of the newly selected)?

Jos

[martin]

Don't know how you use the COMSPEC variable in vdos with your Windows-programs. But probabaly
SET COMSPEC=CMD HIDE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE
will do the job. From vDos command line, it opens Windows cmd.exe without stealing focus (if you enter %comspec% in vDos...)

HTH

Martin