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Subject: Re: setup-1.7.exe + w2k, no output to cmd
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 07:43:37PM +1100, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to display the help options of the very latest 
>setup-1.7.exec in a cmd prompt on a Windows 2000 host:
>
>.\setup-1.7 --help
>
>and seeing no output at all. Is this expected?

Yes.  The API for reattaching to the console doesn't exist in W2K.

Try

  .\setup-1.7 --help | less

cgf

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