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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!ukma!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!satalink!john.will
  2. From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
  4. Subject: ALT-TAB from DOS box prob
  5. Message-ID: <5395.1100.uupcb@satalink.com>
  6. Date: 11 Dec 92 16:48:00 GMT
  7. Distribution: world
  8. Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
  9. Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
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  12. ML>Would anybody be able to tell me why sometimes I cannot ALT-TAB
  13. ML>out from a DOS box in Windows after I install a TSR?  The only way
  14. ML>to switch tasks (and get back to Windows) is to "exit" the DOS box
  15. ML>when this happens.
  16.  
  17. Maybe the TSR is capturing the keystroke, I've seen that before.
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  19. ML>It seems that Windows is seeing the ALT-TAB, but for whatever reason
  20. ML>it is not allowing task switching.
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  22. What makes you think Windows is seeing the keystroke?
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