>When I run a .app file from within the VFP IDE, it close down the Command Window.
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>Is this normal for VFP to close the Command Window it running a .app file, or is something within the app file causing this to happen.
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>The .app runs a form, and the form is not Modal, yet I cannot get VFP top bring up the Command Window while the .app is running, and it closes down when the app starts.

It is not normal that an APP will close the Command Window when it runs. I execute APP from a menu command and from the Command Window without the Command Window closing. There must be something in your code that is closing this...