I have had this problem for a long time now and would really like to know if there's a simple fix for it.
Every time I try to run a DOS-related program, after a few seconds, it will minimize itself. It's not like it just minimizes, though, it'll actually just go to the desktop, then a blank windowed DOS window will appear, and then that will minimize and go back to my desktop. It's hard to explain, so here's a screenshot of it in action:
Every time I bring the program back up, this happens, and I can't seem to run it in windowed mode. It seems like some other program is interrupting it or something, but I can run regular PC games full-screen with no problems at all. Generally I've just ran the games in DOSBox as a substitute, but this one game in particular has messed up controls in that, so I'd like to try running it normally through XP before I go finding a fix. The few seconds the games are up, they seem to be running perfectly, with all the graphics and sounds playing normally, so if it just didn't minimize I imagine the games would run fluently.
Thanks for any help.