Hmmm. Works for me, with no hostage-taking. I.e. each window (whether on desktop or full-screen) operates independently. Are you sure you put in the /c in your command line?Harry wrote: > dos/nv/x/z /c start editor.exe I dont know if I'm doing something wrong, but in Xy4 (in both full screen or window) you become "hostage of this new proces",Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx