Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!rutgers!dorm.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: ^ALT-DEL reboots at DOS prompt under Windows Message-ID: Date: 1 Aug 90 21:48:27 GMT References: <1990Aug1.175914.11746@amd.com> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19 indra@ashirvad.amd.com (Indra Singhal) writes: >I am quite apalled that Windows is unable to trap the ctl-alt-del in a >Dos-prompt shell opened from Win3. That causes me to loose every other >open window within Windows. What is one expected to do if an >application run in the DOS prompt shell were to hang? I think this a very >serious omission. >I use desqview 2.25 and it just kills the shell if you hit ctl-alt-del >which is exactly what is expected. Yes, [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete] does a complete system warm boot, just as it would if you were running plain old DOS. To terminate a program gone wild, you need to access the control panel (press [Alt]+ [Spacebar], I believe) and select the "Terminate" option. Terminate is (very briefly) discussed on page 476 of the MS-Windows 3.0 User's Guide. Although not as convenient as DesqViews method, it should do the same thing.