Java.exe console not appearing

Question

I have a java app that I usually start with javaw.exe.
When debugging, I use java.exe to see the console.
Today though, I found a PC where running java.exe did NOT create the console... it just poped up the gui app as if it was using javaw.exe.
I thought something might be wacky with java, so I upgraded to 1.6_20.
Still behaving the same though.
Any ideas why this PC would behave this way?

Answer 1

Paul,
I think perhaps you misread my comments, or missed part of my previous explanations.
paulcw wrote:What do you mean "to see the console"? You start java, it reads/writes to the command line.I explained above that I meant "the black dos window that shows the java output." when I said "console"
paulcw wrote: What do you mean, "it jsut poped up the gui app"? Starting javaw doesn't create any kind of GUI. Maybe if your java program creates a GUI...but that would happen with java as well.as I said initially, I have a java app that I usually start with javaw.exe.
Just to be pedantic though, I suppose, I should have said:
I have a java (GUI) app that I usually start with javaw.exe.
paulcw wrote:
Any ideas why this PC would behave this way?Honestly, I think your expectations may be in error.I am not clear which expectations you think are in error. My only expectation is that two PCs running the same java program, using the same JVM, launched in the same way would behave in the same way. I am questioning why this one PC would not behave the same.
Cheers
--Ding