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So i use WinXp version 5.1.2600
and anytime i run a program in Command Line...it exits back to the Command Line Prompt...
ok so...i load Qbasic using Command Line..and i type in like 3 lines of code....and than it exits QBasic on me...
anyone know wuts wrong or how I can fix it??
Much Appreiciated, Thanks.
o im kind of a rookie, i can make some decent text based rpg's lol, but who can't right? hehe
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wrong forum
edit: i know nothing about this but have you tried not using the command prompt?
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uh...i clicked Command Prompt and went thru to qbasic, i also tryed donig Start Run Qbasic and it just closes completely after about 15 seconds...any clues at all??
o im kind of a rookie, i can make some decent text based rpg's lol, but who can't right? hehe
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you could alwasy back up your data and partion the drive
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Quote:...ok so...i load Qbasic using Command Line..and i type in like 3 lines of code....and than it exits QBasic on me...
When it exits QBasic, does it go back to the command line, or does it go back to a Windows application or desktop?
I have a feeling it goes back to Windows, 'cause that happen to me sometimes when I'm running a DOS program. Like if I go to the toilet or something, when I come back it has apparently left the DOS program and gone back to Windows. BUT, the DOS task is still active at the bottom of the screen, and if I select it, it goes back to the DOS program at the point where it was. Looks like it minimized it. Seems like WinXP has a timeout for DOS programs.
What happens to you QBasic task? Has it been terminated, or has it been minimized?
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I actually had that problem for a long time. And I've got the solution, and that's why I started posting here
. Get into the properties of QB.exe, and go to Compatibility, and set it to Windows 95 or something. Works fine again! Yay!
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i solved it...brought out an old 486/100 i had in garage and hooked it up with Dos and QuikBasic 4.5, hehe...just need the mouse drivers for PixelPlus 256 and Neopaint
gonna get win95 eventually when i find the cd
thanks all
o im kind of a rookie, i can make some decent text based rpg's lol, but who can't right? hehe
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Quote:i solved it...brought out an old 486/100 i had in garage and hooked it up with Dos and QuikBasic 4.5, hehe...just need the mouse drivers for PixelPlus 256 and Neopaint
gonna get win95 eventually when i find the cd
thanks all
Hey, what does this post have to do with your QBasic doing an exit in WinXP?
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He got an old pc with a "QB friendly OS" (called DOS).
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