whenever i try to run phoenix miner it just closes its self a split second after i run it, what am i doing wrong?
Open a command window and execute phoenix from a command line and you will see the error it is giving you.
Here is what I use for my workstation that must be responsive (remove FASTLOOP and boost aggression to 11 or 12 for a dedicated machine):
@ECHO OFF
SET DRIVE=D:
SET WORKINGDIR=D:\Bitcoin\phoenix
SET PHOENIX=phoenix.exe
SET USERNAME=xxxxxx
SET PASSWORD=xxxxxxx
SET SITE=btcmine.com
REM SET USERNAME=xxxxxx
REM SET PASSWORD=xxxxxx
REM SET SITE=pit.deepbit.net
SET PORT=8332
SET OPTIONS=-k poclbm DEVICE=0 VECTORS BFI_INT FASTLOOP WORKSIZE=128 AGGRESSION=9
%DRIVE%
CD %WORKINGDIR%
start %PHOENIX% -u
http://%USERNAME%:%PASSWORD%@%SITE%:%PORT%/ %OPTIONS%
Note that I leave pools that I use commented out so that I can change from one to the other if I want too [for testing or because one is down, or whatever reason]. I should probably pass an argument to "start" so that the original command window doesn't popup, but it doesn't bother me enough to change it.