[Babul]

i bet $1 that its not pawno, but pawncc.exe. before compiling, po(o)p up the taskmanager. start to compile your script, then watch the pawncc.exe process melting your cpu for some seconds. as soon the (fail) compiling ends, it (the pawncc) will get stuck, will never close. if its the problem, simply force the pawncc.exe to quit - maybe pawno prints out some warnings, but thats not the point. most prolly its a missing } up in the script, so the huge amonts of errors cause it to freeze... (afaik, had this situation countless times ><)