[comp.windows.ms] Problem with DOS errors

wales@lrcsnl.enet.dec.com (David Wales) (04/24/91)

G'Day,

	I've been using Windows for about 8 months now without any problems at
all - quite a feat considering the number of problems others seem to have. 
Unfortunately my good run came to an end last night.

	I can open a DOS window and run whatever I like in the window including
reading/writing floppies etc.  The problem I have is when I do something that
causes an error like doing a DIR B: when there is no disk in drive B:.  For
some reason windows switches the DOS window to full screen to display the error
message.  I can answer the error prompt and then use ALT-RETURN to go back into
my DOS window.  Does anybody have any idea why it isn't displaying the error in
the window without switching to full screen?

	I must have just been lucky over the last 8 months and not made any
simple errors like this and that is why it has taken so long fo rme to see it.

David.

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