From: notsaying@invalid.org   
      
   On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:34:42 GMT, JJ  wrote:   
      
   > 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 Also, BREAK status is obsolete in CMD.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   
      
   My apologies; I wasn't paying attention - it's as you say.   
      
      
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