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Date: 2010apr23
OS: Windows
Language: C/C++

Q.  Why aren't Borland C++'s conio functions working for me?

A.  The <conio.h> functions worked fine for older versions
of Windows but don't work for modern versions.

These are the functions:

clreol( void );
clrscr( void );
gotoxy( int __x, int __y );
getch( void );
getche( void );
kbhit( void );
putch( int __c );
wherex( void );
wherey( void );

I have found that they only work intermittently for me in Vista and later.

Instead use ReadConsoleInput WriteConsole and friends.
http://www.davekb.com/search.php?target=ReadConsoleInput+WriteConsole