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I've made a fresh install of VLC 3.0 on a Windows XP machine. When opening VLC from the start menu or desktop icon, only a command line interface opens. I'd like to use the console (GUI). Can't find preferences in the CLI help menu and preferences in the start menu only opens a CLI. I've gone back to the installer's Add/Remove/ Reinstall components option with no success. Suggestions plesase? Thanks very much!

Reset your preferences (or erase the vlcrc file).

First, reboot your computer.
Uninstall VLC.
Then delete the whole C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\ folder if it's still exists, it might be C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\ if you're using the 64-bit version on XP 64.
Also delete the whole %APPDATA%\vlc\ folder.

Once done, reboot again and reinstall latest version of VLC, v3.0.20 as of today.

Thanks, I've reset preferences from the start menu without result. will try the reinstall. It's WinXP 32bit, btw. I have many old DVD discs I'd like to back up...