problem shutting down database

I'm trying to shut down an Oracle 7.3 (I know, but the owner isn't willing to pay to upgrade) database, under NT 4.0, using ORADIM. I'm entering:

oardim73 -shutdown -sid ORCL -usrpwd oracle -shuttype svr,inst -shutmode i

from the NT command line. I get no error messages, but nothing seems to happen. If I follow this with a plain oradim (no parms), it shows the database status as "Started."

Any ideas as to what the problem might be, or what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks much,

Bob

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