Bingo, that was it. The DIR alias was part of an old ALIASES file I've been packing around for a dozen or so years, and it used the older parameters character (DIR=*dir /p %&). Change that last char to $, and all is well. I just knew it was something stupid like that. I guess that goes to show...

Hello, I just upgraded to TCMD version 9.02.151, after having happily trucked along with 4NT version 3.02B for quite a while. I've been a fan/user of JPSoft's products since 4DOS/4OS2, and even TCMD32 version 1.01 I just installed the new product on a fresh copy of Windows Server 2003 Std...

DIR switches not working-ignore duplicate thread? Sorry for the double thread....I hit enter too quickly, apparently, and did not realize I'd posted a new thread.