Hi all, i'm using ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32] on win2000. When starting my GUI app with rubyw (because i don't like the empty window) there is another window poping up whenever i call popen. (or use backquotes to start another process) Using just ruby.exe all seems fine (except the initial nasty empty window) Someone knows a way around? cheers Simon