Dennis; Richie; >That sounds impossible, so I must be misunderstanding something. YOU - BOTH - UNDERSTAND ME ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
>1. >Start a new Command Prompt via Start / Programs / Accessories / Command >Prompt (or the equivalent on your machine) >2. >Type the following: d:\python23\python d:\python23\socket6.py [Enter] >3. Double-click your .vbs file in Windows Explorer. >Now what does the python Command Prompt say? It says... NOTHING! It just DISAPPEARS! JUST FOR TO MAKE SURE I put in the same directory (Python's root) testme.py file with this simplest content: print 'ONE' print 'TWO' print 'THREE' Then I run it EXACTLY the same way as I run socket6.py: D:\>python23\python d:\python23\testme.py [Enter] ONE TWO THREE D:\> AND OF COURSE CONSOLE WINDOW DID NOT CLOSE AFTER THAT ! BUT IT REALLY DISAPPEARS IN CASE OF socket6.py ! (but only AFTER I double-click my .vbs file in Windows Explorer) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list