RussellMc wrote:

> OK!
> Running again.
> Rolled back to prior to DxO Optics install.
> May not be what caused the problem.
> TBD at some future date.
>=20
> Tried command.com again.
> At first black screen of DOS with no text
> After perhaps 20+ seconds of playing Comodo Firewall announced a
> trapped call and allowing that gave DOs functionality.
> A few calls that had not worked in CMD before workd here - but CMD is
> also working now so I don't know if it would have helped me at all.
> Onwards. ....
> Hopefully

Glad you're running again.

FWIW, forget command.com. There's a reason why the "standard" shell on
WinXP is cmd.exe. Unless you /really/ know what you're doing (and why),
don't use command.com and just use cmd.exe. (Which is probably what
you've been doing all along... :)=20

I'm running lots of strange programs, and spend a lot of time in various
shells, but I have never found a need to run command.com on the Win2k
family.

Gerhard
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