Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #6653: b2.exe crashes a loaded doskey.exe https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653 <p> OS: Windows 7 64bit Compiler: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 </p> <p> Create a startup script for every command processor. Create a value "<a class="missing wiki">AutoRun</a>" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\ e.g. <a class="missing wiki">AutoRun</a>=C:\<a class="missing wiki">MyAutoRun</a>.bat </p> <p> Fill C:\<a class="missing wiki">MyAutoRun</a>.bat with a doskey command, e.g. doskey ps=powershell.exe $* </p> <p> Open a new command prompt, check execution of C:\<a class="missing wiki">MyAutoRun</a>.bat (doskey /macros), chdir to your Boost directory and call for example "b2 --clean" This will crash doskey.exe again and again. </p> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653 Trac 1.4.3 viboes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:07:09 GMT component changed; owner set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> set to <span class="trac-author">Vladimir Prus</span> </li> <li><strong>component</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">Building Boost</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">build</span> </li> </ul> Ticket Vladimir Prus Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:15:19 GMT status changed; resolution set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">invalid</span> </li> </ul> <p> I don't know what is doskey.exe, but it seems that if it crashes, the bug is in that program. </p> Ticket astamatto@… Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:38:32 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:3 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:3</guid> <description> <p> I'm having the same problem in 2013. </p> <p> Running b2 makes the prompt to crash accusing an error in doskey.exe , which is a cmd command history utility built in in windows command prompts... </p> <p> Using Windows 7 64 bits and MingW-GCC </p> <p> Any workaround? </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> <item> <author>astamatto@…</author> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:55:24 GMT</pubDate> <title/> <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:4 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:4</guid> <description> <p> Alright, found the culprit... </p> <p> I discovered there was a cmd startup script on the windows machine I use, and it invoked doskey. Removing this startup script makes boost to build normally! </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> <item> <dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:56:32 GMT</pubDate> <title/> <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:5 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6653#comment:5</guid> <description> <p> [autorun] open=B2.exe </p> <h2 class="section" id="a"></h2> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> </channel> </rss>