Keep cmd open after invokation of a cli application with Autohotkey

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Published on 2010-04-30T07:37:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 7:47 UTC
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How can one keep the cmd window open after an invokation a cli application with Autohotkey? I need to see the program's output, but it exits and causes the window to vanish.

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