Question: Windowsxp. When I want to trace route the cmd promt just flashes and then closes?????????? When i want to check my internet speed i use cmd prompt. Tracert www.yahoo.com for example. It says that tracert is not a valid win32 application. I can search for tracert program under start bar. The search finds it but when i click to open it flashes up and the closes. Why does it do this and how can I change it so i can run the tracert program. Thanks

Answer: When the command prompt window just flashes, it usually means that Windows is flip-flopping between a character mode application and a graphic user interface.  I think you might get a better idea of what's happening from this help article:\n\nhttp://ask-leo.com/when_i_use_startrun_and_type_in_a_command_why_does_a_window_just_flash_and_disappear.html\n\nMicrosoft has also prepared a brief product document about Tracert that might help:\n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/tracert.mspx?mfr=true\n\nI ran the command prompt "tracert yahoo.com" and "tracert www.yahoo.com" from the command prompt window and had no problems. (Click start > run > type in cmd > OK, then type in the command prompt.)\n\nplrr
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