> today I installed FB on a PC running W2000 professional, v. 5.00.2195,
> using the following install EXE:
>
> Firebird-1-00-RC2.exe 2.868.213 05/01/02 20.12
>
> The installation produced no error, but in the end I could not see the FB
> icon at the lower/right side of the screen.
>
> Connecting thru WISQL - thou - revealed that FB was alive and kicking: I
> created a new database, created a new table and inserted a few records.
>
> With no FB icon, I don't know how to stop FB if need be.
>
> Is there a way to have the icon in its place ?

I suspect its running as a service, you won't see an icon. Have you tried
running it as an application?
Hopefully you should then see the icon.

Regards
Paul