Ok, this might be a stupid question but...

I've downloaded the win64 version of cpuminer from the first page in this thread, and I try running it with a batch file containing:

$ ./minerd --url=stratum+tcp://useast.middlecoin.com:3333 --userpass=my.worker:password

as in the first page.

CPU miner very quickly opens then shuts again too quickly to read what is in the terminal.  I get the same response when I run:

$ ./minerd --help