Re: Using Start in Win 95/98/NT

[Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from TBaehr@xxxxxxxx Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:06:08 EDT

-> Start/w forces the [filename] being executed to complete its
-> execution before handing control back to XyWrite.

Tim:

My quest, under NT, has been just the opposite: to launch a Windows
program from the CMline *without* locking Xy4. My experience has
been that, with or without Start, Xy4 remains immobilized until the
launched program exits -- a major nuisance. A salient exception is
that, when an instance of Netscape is already running, launching
additional browser windows from the CMline does *not* lock Xy.
That's what I want to be able to do across the board: launch a
Windows (or DOS!) program as a discrete process (not "shelling" on
top of Xy), then Alt-Tab back to Xy and continue working. Do-able?
As far as I can tell, the answer is No.

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Carl Distefano
CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx