Actually, I found a simpler way that works with a slight modification to the stock startxwin.bat file; use 'start /B' instead of 'start' for each of the lines in startxwin.bat that launch an external application. So, your file might look a little something like the following: start /B XWin -screen 0 800x600x8 start /B xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black start /B vtwm This results in a single DOS prompt that still displays debugging messages from XWin.exe. Harold
