Command Prompt Cursor is Displaced by Four Spaces

ID: q104098

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

After you run and exit MS-DOS Editor in a full-screen Command Prompt, you may notice that the cursor is displaced by four spaces.

CAUSE

This may be attributed to a problem in the initialization of the VDM.

WORKAROUND

There are two ways to work around this problem:

1. Start MS-DOS Editor. Exit it and the cursor should return to normal

   for the rest of your editing session.

2. Change to full-screen and then back to windowed mode by pressing

   ALT+ENTER.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords          : kbtool
Version           : 3.1
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: August 14, 1998