Command.com not working?

[iyedidit]

Greetings. I have a W2k Pro machine that runs a dos based application off of a network drive. Recently when attempting to run the application a black command prompt displays breifly then disappears. I notice the same thing happens when i try to run command.com from the start menu. This is the only system experiencing this problem with the dos application. I double checked the config.nt file and shortcuts to make sure nothing had changed and everything seems ok. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

 

[tsuji]

Hello iyedidit,

Check out all the elements mentioned in ms q165214:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;165214

regards - tsuji

 

[iyedidit]

Thanks for the link. While going through the proceedure mentioned on that page I noticed that REGEDIT was doing the same thing. It would open for a second then instantly close. Immediately after that I did an online virus scan and found BAGLE.M. Hope this helps if anyone one else has been experiencing the same issue

 

[tsuji]

iyedidit,

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

I took your original description of the problem as the system unable to run a dos program at all. It seems that with your further description, it appears that a dos windows open and soon close together with the dos application being able to run. That's quite different. It means some program is launched despite the user. A virus scan is in fact warranted.

regards - tsuji