>George,
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>>Like under File/New/Project Win32 Console Application in VC++.
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>Well I ain't curious enough about this issue to go out and build a VC++ app just to test it... *L*

I was.:-)

I had an old VC++ console project laying around from when I was helping one of my co-workers who had gone back to school and was taking a Programming Principles class. As soon as the program completed (when double-clicked) it closed the window.