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MS-DOS-Based Program Does Not Start Minimized or Maximized

Article ID: 197313

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q197313

SYMPTOMS

When you try to configure an MS-DOS-based program to start minimized or maximized by modifying the Program tab in the Properties Configuration dialog box, the program still starts in the default MS-DOS window.

CAUSE

This feature does not work in Windows NT version 4.0 or Windows 2000.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, you can start the program minimized from a command prompt using the command "start /min <program>" where <program> is the executable file name of the program you want to run.

For example, to start Edit.com minimized, type:

start /min %systemroot%\system32\edit.com

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB197313