dos window opens but only for 2 seconds then fades away

Hello Ken, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if running a sfc /scannow command at boot may be able to help.

If not, then you could do a system restore using a restore point dated before this started to hopefully fix it for you.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Er, are you running the dos command itself from the start menu? Or are you opening a dos box from start->All Programs->Acessories and that only stays open for a second?

Please explain in detail exactly what you are doing and what happens.

There are multiple ways to run a dos command and some of them DO auto close the dos box when finished normally.

kencharlton said:

the dos window opens but only for 2 seconds then fades away , any ideas please , for all cfg commands , I have tried running as administrator

What is a cfg command?

Do following:

Elevated Command Prompt


| type CMD.EXE | do NOT hit enter |
right-click on cmd.exe at the top of the list above the search box |
choose Run as administrator |

Now are you at a command prompt, for example; c:\users\JohnHenry >

ken,
Glad to have been of assistance and thanks for getting back to us.