>>>>I'm doing some stupid newbie trick, but I don't know which one. My other thread on this slowed to a crawl, so I'm trying again.


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>FWIW, testing your exe from the command window isn't a good idea unless you know exactly what you're doing. Exes running from the command window inherit a bunch of setting from the calling environment, so it doesn't give you a good picture of whether the app works well on its own or not.

Thanks, it's good to know that for the future.