I can confirm that both the start command as well as hitting RET 3-4 times both work for me. Interesting side note: If the app brings up a dialog that requires input then displays a main window, both require the 3-4 RETs. In my case, I am using P4V. 1) In Emacs cmd shell type: p4v 2) Hit RET 3 times to display the connection dialog. 3) Enter connection information and hit OK Note that nothing happens... 4) Hit RET 3 more times in the cmd shell 5) P4V main UI shows up. On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Joseph Jones wrote: > *** inline > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:35:54 +0000 >> > From: darkdescendant@gmail.com >> > >> > I haven't tried the 4 CR trick outlined in the original posting but this >> is >> > an issue that I have to deal with all the time. It stops me from doing >> all >> > my work in Emacs. >> >> Does it help to invoke GUI programs via "start", like this: >> >> d:\foo> start notepad >> >> > > *** I didn't even think of that. I use that for a service that I am testing > but didn't think to use it for non-service exes. I'll give that a shot when > I am back in office tomorrow. Thanks for the idea! >