Sometimes if you launch it from the command prompt (start -> run-> cmd) you can see the errors on the command line. Typically you have to right click, choose properties and look at the 'Start in:' box and 'Target:' box. You CD to the start in folder then run the target executable. I haven't tried it but you might be able to use cygwin to use the same debugging tools in windows (worth a try). -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com Vince Lombardi - "Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Paul Mooring wrote: > I'd like to get some concrete info about what's going > wrong, on linux normally I'd run it from a shell like this 'program >> > logfile 2>&1' but that doesn't appear to work in windows. I know very > little about Windows/DOS prompts and was wondering if there's a way to > accomplish something similar in XP. >