How can I run a shell command in Windows without the shell closing itself automatically?

Question

According to this post, I run that command but a black page flashes and disappears. What should I do to see the result?

I rebooted but it doesn't take effect.

Also, I hope you do realize that all of the commands from the mentioned post are supposed to be run on Linux?
@AndrejsCainikovs I assumed the user is referring to chkdsk as this self-closing-shell seemed more of a "Windows problem" to me.
@OliverSalzburg You must be right. Thanks for clarification.

Oliver Salzburg · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-30 19:16:14Z

up vote 4 down vote accepted

Press Win+R
Type cmd and press Enter
Type your command in the resulting window, it should stay open after the command has finished.

To run a command with elevated privileges (as Administrator), do the following (Vista/7 only):

Press Win
Type cmd and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter, confirm the following dialog by pressing "Yes".
Type your command in the resulting window, it should stay open after the command has finished.

edited Jan 30 '12 at 19:16

answered Jan 30 '12 at 18:53

Oliver Salzburg♦
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	Thank you for your answer. It says "access denied as you do not have sufficient privileges, you have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode". Could you please tell me what "elevated mode" is? – Gigili Jan 30 '12 at 19:12
	@Gigili I added additional instructions to my answer. – Oliver Salzburg♦ Jan 30 '12 at 19:16
	That worked perfectly, thank you very much. – Gigili Jan 30 '12 at 19:20

vlad b. · Answer 2 · 2012-02-14 12:25:45Z

up vote 2 down vote

Instead of running

ping example.com

you can do

cmd /k ping example.com

and the cmd window will remain open. Generally i use "cmd /k " to run something and keep it open until i close it

answered Feb 14 '12 at 12:25

vlad b.
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