# Message Window

IDA opens a special non-closable window at the start. This window is called "message window". In this window you see various IDA messages.

If the message window is hidden behind other windows, you will not see the IDA messages.

You can duplicate all messages appearing in this window to a file. For this, you have to define an environment variable:

```
        set IDALOG=logfile
```


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