After all the years, I can't bear the tears... :)
I'm just amazed you found the message!

>YES! thank you, thank you! this command window has been driving me NUTS...it won't stay where i put it, between sessions...your response solved my frustrations! thanks!!! j
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>>I had problems with the command window dissapearing - in my case it was caused by a SCREEN=OFF in the config.vfp.
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>>>When I startup VFP 7 SP1, the command window is not visible. I can make it visible by pressing ctrl-F2, but how can I configure VFP so the command window comes up visible automatically when I startup VFP? Thanks.