Microsoft KB Archive/197313

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

Article ID: 197313

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * 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

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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 " where 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

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