Hi,

this is not that All Console.WriteLine should popup a console window. While opening your project you need to open it as Windows Console Application. Or else you have to compile your vb file using
>vbc x.vb
in dosprompt as an ordinar Exe.

While opening your project if you choose your project as Windows Application then the VS2000 will compile your vb file as winexe not as exe which will not provide you a popup console window.

Try to open a new Console Application project in your VS2000 and try to test your Console.Writeline("Hi").

Good Luck.

-Jai.