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Verricom
Active Contributor
5 years ago
Solved

Command prompt closes immediately on connecting

I have various client machines which for no obvious reason refuse to let me open working command prompts, when I do so all that happens is a black window opens with a 110x41 sign in the middle that t...
  • Jimz18's avatar
    Jimz18
    5 years ago

    Pressing F5 to refresh screen (Connection closed.) fixed for me.

Verricom's avatar
Verricom
Active Contributor
5 years ago

Well what do you know, Jimz18 might have fixed it for me.

So far so good, any "connection closed" screen works when I hit F5 to refresh, not ideal if I am piping script into the remote prompt via an automation tool but at least it works for manual typed connections again... so far at least!

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AshC
Retired GoTo Contributor
5 years ago

Hi, all.  

We re actively investigating this behavior and should have some answers soon.