I found in the documentation this:
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Why doesn't the QB GUI open when I start FreeBASIC ?
Where'd the blue screen go?
I double-click on fbc.exe and it doesn't open!
FreeBASIC is only a compiler, not a complete QuickBASIC clone. It is a
console mode application. It will accept a BAS file on the command line, and
spit out an EXE file.
There are a numbers of IDEs available for FreeBASIC , however. The easiest
way to get started with a full programming environment is to download the
excellent fbIDE+FreeBASIC package from This site--->
http://fbide.sourceforge.net/
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and IT WORKS ON WINXP!!! , it seems like in the tutorial of Qbasic....