Wasn't it Stephen Dartnall who wrote:
>Hi,
>I've noticed something strange when starting POV-Ray v3.5 (beta.8.icl.win32)
>from the command line.
>A simple command such as:
>>pvengine.exe F:\test.ini
>should start POV-Ray and begin rendering the test.ini file.
>If POV-Ray is NOT running this does as expected, and renders the file.
>However if is ALREADY running (but not rendering) then it doesn't start
>rendering the file as it should (although it does become the active window).
>In prior versions (v3.1 and v3.5.beta.1-7)  the file would be rendered
>regardless of whether POV-Ray was already running or not.
>
>The problem also occurs when starting POV-Ray using a Visual Basic Shell()
>command. (I specifically noticed it when experimenting with my 'Forester'
>program).

It sounds like it might possibly be related to one of the points raised
in

2 Win GUI bugs + nitpick
http://news.povray.org/3C073446.3020104@NOzSiPpA.Mto

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Mike Williams
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