I think I did an Alt F4 in that terminal window and it closed.  Not sure.

Howard

On 11/27/2021 9:54 PM, Gene wrote:
> I tried doing what you do and it runs the terminal, which I know
> nothing about.  I closed it in the following way:
> I opened the system menu with alt space.  I either down arrowed or up
> arrowed to close and pressed enter.  The terminal closed and I was
> back in Windows.  You can also use c in the menu to close the terminal
> instead of arrowing to close, as follows:
> alt space
> type c.
> Gene
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Gene <mailto:gsasner@...>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 27, 2021 9:33 PM
> *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA Portable Start
> I’m not sure what is going on.  When you say it won’t exit to Windows,
> have you tried typing exit and pressing enter?  While convenient, you
> don’t have to use a batch file.  If necessary, I’ll discuss how to run
> NVDA without one.
> Gene
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Howard Traxler <mailto:htraxler7@...>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 27, 2021 7:09 PM
> *To:* NVDA <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
> *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA Portable Start
> I have a portable copy of "NVDA on a thumb drive in a folder called
> NVDA211.  It contains NVDA version 2021.1.  When I shut down my
> installed NVDA, switch to the thumb drive and execute a batch file that
> starts the portable version, it starts in a command mode that does not
> accept commands; nor will it exit back to windows. This does not seem
> normal to me.  Wonder how I can make it stay in windows when I start the
> portable?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Howard
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