Commands w/ dialogue box don't work

[aport]

Hi folks,
Whenever I type a command that prompts a dialogue box in AutoCAD (version 2006) like "xref" for example I get nothing. Commands don't respond.

I would have to exit autocad and restart to be able to get dialogue box commands to work, how can I fix this???

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[tedg]

Hi folks,
Whenever I type a command that prompts a dialogue box in AutoCAD (version 2006) like "xref" for example I get nothing. Commands don't respond.

I would have to exit autocad and restart to be able to get dialogue box commands to work, how can I fix this???

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Check your variables:
CMDDIA
FILEDIA

They should be on 1, maybe you have some program (lisp) setting these to zero?
Or maybe you're canceling out of a custom routine before it resets them?

Or it could be something else....

[pipedream345]

Are you using 2 monitors?

[aport]

Are you using 2 monitors?

No, only have one monitor....

[aport]

Check your variables:
CMDDIA
FILEDIA

They should be on 1, maybe you have some program (lisp) setting these to zero?
Or maybe you're canceling out of a custom routine before it resets them?

Or it could be something else....

tedg, both variables (CMDDIA and FILEDIA) are set to 1....

[tedg]

tedg, both variables (CMDDIA and FILEDIA) are set to 1....

I dunno then... sounds like a bigger problem that's over my head.

Is this a new install of AutoCAD?
Did you load or install something new related to AutoCAD?

[aport]

I dunno then... sounds like a bigger problem that's over my head.

Is this a new install of AutoCAD?
Did you load or install something new related to AutoCAD?

Thanks for trying tedg....

[jaberwok]

Try prefixing the command with
1) period > .xref
2) tilde > ~xref
3) dash > -xref

Do any of those make a difference?