Sqlagent90.exe keeps running in a command window

HELP!, This is annoying and beyond belief. I installed SqlServer Developer edition without any problem than I installed SqlServer Express and now whenever I boot my PC, I have a command window that appear with nothing in it and the following title:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\MSSQL\Binn\SQLAGENT90.EXE"
Now if I go to the Task Manager and kill the SQLAGENT90.EXE process, it goes away for a second than comeback with the nice command windows.
Any idea what's wrong and how I can get rid of it?
Bye the way, everything else seems to be working fine with the application.
Thanks,
Claude.

Claude,
Some how the service was marked as allowed to interact with the desktop. This is not the default configuration and there is no need for it, so I'm not sure how you ended up in this state. To clean this us launch the service control manager (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services), scroll down to the Agent service (SQL Server Agent (instance name)) and double click it to bring up the Properties page. On the Properties page select the Log On tab. The service is probably running as Local System, below this is a check box labeled "Allow service to interact with desktop", uncheck that box, press the Apply button, go to the General tab and stop and start the service. You should no longer see the cmd window pop up. Click OK to dismiss the Properties page.
Cheers,
Dan

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