Whoa--I must have misremembered the order. Problem solved--thanks!!!

<div> </div><div>I'm running Windows 8 and have been using this from command prompt to start PM: [external drive letter:\]\pmail\winpm-32.exe -a -I -roam admin</div><div> </div><div>Computer crashed during the night (PM was open but in offline mode), now all that gets me is a request for a username. "Admin" doesn't work. Looking with windows explorer, none of the files in the pmail directory appear to have been modified in the past 24 hours. I have NO idea what un I used to set up this program many years ago. After the first try, running the command prompt again does nothing at all that I can see--I don't even get a un request. (Will restart and try again.)</div><div> </div><div>On restart.......Did the command prompt thing again. The PM logo flashes briefly--but vanishes instantly. After minimizing other windows, there's still no PM--not even a username request. When I try it again, no logo, nothing at all--as if the program is already open but hidden (doesn't show in Task Manager, so I assume not). Command prompt starts me in C:\Users\[myname] if that's relevant, and cd e:\ (or anything but cd c:\ doesn't change directories. </div><div> </div><div>Also--just noticed my Skype asked for pw rather than logging on automatically. Might be a clue as to what happened during crash? </div><div> </div><div>Running Windows 8 and (I think but cannot check) the current version of PM--certainly I upgraded to the current version in the past year, probably earlier this year. Standalone computer.</div><div> </div><div>Suggestions welcome; my life is on hold. Many thanks! </div><div> </div><div> </div>

[quote user="jzmiller"]I'm running Windows 8 and have been using this from command prompt to start PM: [external drive letter:\]\pmail\winpm-32.exe -a -I -roam admin[/quote]<p>Command line should have the username following the -I switch (eg: [external drive letter:\]\pmail\winpm-32.exe -a -roam -I admin).  This could just be a typo in your original post.</p><p>[quote user="jzmiller"]After the first try, running the command prompt again does nothing at all that I can see--I don't even get a un request. (Will restart and try again.) [/quote]</p><p>Sounds like winpm-32.exe isn't being found.  See if Win8 still has the same drive letter assigned to the external drive that you use in the command line. </p>