From Bob Watson of the TAO BBS Mercerville, NJ

ECHO OFF
cd\pcb\doors\mnews
DOORWAY COM2: /N: /R:^C /A:OFF /K:180 /S:C:\pcb\ /P:NEWSxx.EXE /0
echo off
c:
cd\pcb
board

I've found that if you use an ANSI.SYS replacement (NANSI,FANSI,etc..)
that it will sometimes do exactly what you describe. Make sure to use
ANSI.SYS. Hopefully this will help you get things working.