From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:00:23 -0000 (UTC), Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:   
   >   
   > Seems to work as I'd want here [XP cmd.exe, break off, no   
   > extensionsenabled]   
   >   
   > I tried:   
   >   
   > @echo off   
   > echo press ctrl-c now   
   > (   
   >   pause   
   >   echo in bracket ctrl-c failed   
   > )   
   >   
   >   pause   
   >   echo no bracket ctrl-c failed   
      
   First of all, CMD Extensions is enabled by default, unless it's manually   
   disabled from either the registry setting, the /E:OFF switch, or SETLOCAL   
   DISABLEEXTENSIONS. Also, BREAK status is obsolete in CMD.   
      
   When, I tested it in a clean installation of XP, CTRL-C fails whether CMD   
   extensions is enabled or not. The result of that batch would always be:   
      
     press ctrl-c now   
     Press any key to continue . . .   
     in bracket ctrl-c failed   
     Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y   
      
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