Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:37:32 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Fred Smith <fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Can a DOS Console App close its own window?
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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Fred Smith wrote:

> You can set up a DOS window on Windoze95 so it will automatically close
> on program exit. So, if you make a shortcut to your DOS program, just go
> to the shortcut's properties screen and choose that option.

This doesn't help.  This thread was about how a running program causes
its own DOS box to be closed.  Since the program cannot be sure the
property you mention is set, it cannot just exit.  If there is a way
to set that property from within a running program, I'd like to know
how this can be done.