You just got started with Turbo C++ and began to write some “Hello” kind of code as a beginner, and then managed to get to compile it successfully, but then, you noticed your mouse clicks don’t register in the terminal anymore.
You’ll notice that you can still type and use all the keyboard shortcuts, and you can also see the orange pointer moving around by hovering your mouse over the different lines of the terminal, but the only thing you cannot seem to achieve is clicking those toolbar elements and drop down their contents. No worries, I’ve got you covered.
Step 1: Drop the bomenu
Press ALT + Space. This will drop down the first menu. There, the “Repaint desktop” element will already be selected, like this:
Step 2: Repaint
As the “Repaint desktop” option is already selected, all you have to do is simply press Enter. This redraws the terminal screen, and therefore, resets the toolbar in the process, making it now clickable.
You’re done!
The Computer Noob 
Had the same problem but looks like changing the cycles fixed it – if using DosBox.
In dosbox.conf
core=normal
cputype=auto
cycles=40000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20
found this the most reliable without being too slow.
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Solved my problem but not permanently.
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why it happens? i should click repaint each and every time. how to fix it permanently
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Thank you,it really worked.
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Hey thanks man! It actually resolved my problem!!!
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Thank you so much!! It’s very helpful
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This actually answered my drawback, thank you!
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We have to do this everytime
do we have a permanent solution to it
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What’s up, Nav?! Unfortunately, no, there is no permanent solution to this. Turbo C is an IDE from the 1980s, and hence, simulating it in current age systems definitely has its side effects. The only thing Turbo C is good for is absolute beginner usage. After you become even a moderate beginner, I’d suggest you to immediately switch to Dev C++. It has copying and pasting abilities, a modern environment, lots and lots of options, customization, reliability, executions taking place in separate terminal windows so the actual Dev C++ window is not terminated in case of an infinite loop, etc. etc. etc.
Try it out!
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Thank you!!!
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Thanks
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Thanks
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Best content ever
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With thanks! Valuable information!
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Utterly amazing content, thanks.
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