When you click on it it will run as a service always (it's the default for
W2K). Please try with -a parameter (to work as an application).

Artur

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Brown" <gsbrown@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: [ib-support] Firebird not starting on Win 2000 system


> I just got a system with Win 2000 Pro installed on it. When I click
> on either FBGUARD.EXE or FBSERVER.EXE I can hear my hard disk spinning
> but nothing happens with Firebird. It does NOT start as an
> application or as a service.
>
> Does anyone have have any ideas why it is not starting on my Win2000
> system? Could it be a permissions thingy or something? It worked
> fine on a previous W2K system that I had and it works fine on a Win98
> system.
>
> TIA,
>
> Gerald S. Brown
>
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