Can't run a shell on Vista

[Robert Couch]

To: XEmacs Beta <xemacs-beta at xemacs.org>
Subject: [Bug: 21.4.19] Can't run a shell on Vista
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Dear Bug Team!

I'm sure this one has been reported already, but I've not been able to
find a fix.

I recently got a Vista system and upon installing XEmacs, I was
surprised
to find that M-x shell fails.  A brief search of the internet revealed
some discussions but no remedies.

Thanks for your help!

-Robert Couch


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System Info to help track down your bug:
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OS version:



Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

OS: Windows_NT



XEmacs 21.4.19 "Constant Variable" configured for `i586-pc-win32'.



  Building XEmacs in "e:\\acs\\software\\XEmacsWindowsKit\\xemacs-21.4-2006-01-28\\nt".

  Using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -O2 -G5 -MD".

  Installing XEmacs in "c:\\XEmacs-built\\XEmacs-21.4.19".

  Package path is "~\\.xemacs;;c:\\XEmacs-built\\site-packages;c:\\XEmacs-built\\xemacs-packages".

  Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI.

  Compiling in support for XPM images.

  Compiling in support for GIF images.

  Compiling in support for PNG images.

  Compiling in support for TIFF images.

  Compiling in support for JPEG images.

  Compiling in support for toolbars.

  Compiling in support for dialogs.

  Compiling in support for widgets.

  Compiling in support for native sounds.

  Compiling in fast dired implementation.

  Using portable dumper.

  Using system malloc.

  Using DLL version of C runtime library



Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
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nil


Installed XEmacs Packages:
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(xemacs-devel ver: 1.72 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(xemacs-base ver: 2.01 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(time ver: 1.14 upstream: 1.17)
(text-modes ver: 1.9 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(texinfo ver: 1.3 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(speedbar ver: 1.28 upstream: 0.14beta4)
(sounds-wav ver: 1.12 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(sh-script ver: 1.21 upstream: 2.0f)
(semantic ver: 1.19 upstream: 1.4.2)
(prog-modes ver: 2.06 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(perl-modes ver: 1.08 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(pc ver: 1.28 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(os-utils ver: 1.36 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(net-utils ver: 1.48 upstream: N/A)
(mail-lib ver: 1.75 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(fsf-compat ver: 1.15 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(eieio ver: 1.05 upstream: 0.17)
(efs ver: 1.33 upstream: 1.23)
(edit-utils ver: 2.32 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(ediff ver: 1.6 upstream: 2.75)
(edebug ver: 1.21 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(ecb ver: 1.22 upstream: 2.31)
(dired ver: 1.17 upstream: 7.13)
(debug ver: 1.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(cc-mode ver: 1.45 upstream: 5.30.10)
(c-support ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)



Features:
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(mail-abbrevs xemacsbug shadow sendmail rfc822 shell comint ring
xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads time-autoloads
text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads speedbar-autoloads
sounds-wav-autoloads sh-script-autoloads semantic-autoloads
prog-modes-autoloads perl-modes-autoloads pc-autoloads
os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads
fsf-compat-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads
edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads ecb-autoloads
dired-autoloads debug-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads c-support-autoloads
lisp-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks code-cmds gutter-items
menubar-items x-menubar dragdrop mode-motion mouse itimer auto-save
lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete help-nomule
cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete cus-start custom widget
cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp
file-coding mswindows-scrollbars mswindows toolbar native-sound
scrollbar network-streams subprocesses menu-accelerator-support
menubar md5 xemacs gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type
windows-nt dragdrop-api dialog devices window-system base64)


Recent keystrokes:
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left left left left left left left left left left left 
BS BS BS BS BS BS i n d o w s right right right right 
right right right right right right right right right 
right right right right right right right right SPC 
C-x k C-g M-x s h e RET M-x r u n - SPC s h SPC BS 
BS BS BS BS BS s h e l l - SPC BS RET M-x s h e RET 
M-x r e p o r t - x e m a c s - b SPC RET


Recent messages (most recent first):
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Loading xemacsbug...done
Loading xemacsbug...
Searching for program: Invalid argument, C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Searching for program: Invalid argument, C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Making completion list...
Making completion list...
Searching for program: Invalid argument, C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Quit
Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer
Making completion list...
Making completion list...
Searching for program: Invalid argument, C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Loading shell...done
Loading shell...