diff --git a/language/common_res.h b/language/common_res.h
index 564cc99e8..9c352259b 100644
--- a/language/common_res.h
+++ b/language/common_res.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 #define IDD_MUI_ENCODING                17030
 #define IDD_MUI_ALIGN                   17031
 #define IDD_MUI_CHOOSEFONT              17032
-
+#define IDD_MUI_CMDLINEHELP             17033
 
 #define IDC_COMMANDLINE                 18000
 #define IDC_SEARCHEXE                   18001
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
 #define IDC_COPYVERSTRG                 18088
 #define IDC_RICHEDITABOUT               18089
 #define IDC_TRANSL_AUTH                 18090
+#define IDC_CMDLINEHELP                 18091
 
 #define CMD_ESCAPE                      20000
 #define CMD_SHIFTESC                    20001
diff --git a/language/np3_en_us/dialogs_en_us.rc b/language/np3_en_us/dialogs_en_us.rc
index cb9e84523..a9b862fb8 100644
Binary files a/language/np3_en_us/dialogs_en_us.rc and b/language/np3_en_us/dialogs_en_us.rc differ
diff --git a/src/Dialogs.c b/src/Dialogs.c
index af83d0ce9..6fb320608 100644
--- a/src/Dialogs.c
+++ b/src/Dialogs.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ INT_PTR InfoBoxLng(int iType, LPCWSTR lpstrSetting, int uidMessage, ...)
 //
 //  DisplayCmdLineHelp()
 //
+#if 0
 void DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND hwnd)
 {
   WCHAR szTitle[32] = { L'\0' };
@@ -276,7 +277,56 @@ void DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND hwnd)
   MessageBoxIndirect(&mbp);
   //MsgBoxLng(MBINFO, IDS_MUI_CMDLINEHELP);
 }
+#else
 
+INT_PTR CALLBACK CmdLineHelpProc(HWND hwnd, UINT umsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
+{
+  UNUSED(lParam);
+
+  switch (umsg) {
+  case WM_INITDIALOG:
+    {
+      WCHAR szTitle[80] = { L'\0' };
+      WCHAR szText[2048] = { L'\0' };
+      GetLngString(IDS_MUI_APPTITLE, szTitle, COUNTOF(szTitle));
+      GetLngString(IDS_MUI_CMDLINEHELP, szText, COUNTOF(szText));
+      SetWindowText(hwnd, szTitle);
+      SetDlgItemText(hwnd, IDC_CMDLINEHELP, szText);
+    }
+    break;
+
+  case WM_COMMAND:
+    switch (LOWORD(wParam)) {
+    case IDOK:
+    case IDCANCEL:
+    case IDYES:
+    case IDNO:
+      EndDialog(hwnd, LOWORD(wParam));
+      break;
+    }
+    return true;
+
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+INT_PTR DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND hwnd)
+{
+  return ThemedDialogBoxParam(Globals.hLngResContainer, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_MUI_CMDLINEHELP), hwnd, CmdLineHelpProc, (LPARAM)L"");
+
+  //if (!hwnd) {
+  //  // text to std-out
+  //  //RedirectIOToConsole();
+  //  //fwprintf(stdout, L"\n!!! blahblub ???\n");
+  //  //fflush(stdout);
+  //  //SleepEx(5000,FALSE);
+  //}
+  //return(0);
+}
+
+#endif
 
 //=============================================================================
 //
diff --git a/src/Dialogs.h b/src/Dialogs.h
index 8e54f3351..19edf53d2 100644
--- a/src/Dialogs.h
+++ b/src/Dialogs.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #include "TypeDefs.h"
 
 int  MsgBoxLng(int, UINT, ...);
-void DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND);
+//void DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND);
+INT_PTR DisplayCmdLineHelp(HWND hwnd);
 bool GetDirectory(HWND,int,LPWSTR,LPCWSTR,bool);
 INT_PTR CALLBACK AboutDlgProc(HWND,UINT,WPARAM,LPARAM);
 INT_PTR RunDlg(HWND,LPCWSTR);
diff --git a/src/Helpers.h b/src/Helpers.h
index 742f1e293..ca351fffa 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.h
+++ b/src/Helpers.h
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ bool GetDoAnimateMinimize(VOID);
 VOID MinimizeWndToTray(HWND hWnd);
 VOID RestoreWndFromTray(HWND hWnd);
 
+// console helper from Print.cpp
+//void RedirectIOToConsole();
+
 //==== StrCut methods ===================
 
 CHAR*  StrCutIA(CHAR* s,const CHAR* pattern);
diff --git a/src/Print.cpp b/src/Print.cpp
index 1a3dca5ab..cd7c15a5a 100644
--- a/src/Print.cpp
+++ b/src/Print.cpp
@@ -592,5 +592,50 @@ static void EditPrintInit()
   }
 }
 
+#if 0
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <io.h>
+//#include <iostream>
+//#include <fstream>
+
+void RedirectIOToConsole()
+{
+  int hConHandle;
+  intptr_t lStdHandle;
+  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO coninfo;
+  FILE *fp;
+
+  // allocate a console for this app
+  AllocConsole();
+  // set the screen buffer to be big enough to let us scroll text
+  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &coninfo);
+  coninfo.dwSize.Y = 500;
+  SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coninfo.dwSize);
+
+  // redirect unbuffered STDOUT to the console
+  lStdHandle = (intptr_t)GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+  hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(lStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
+  fp = _fdopen(hConHandle, "w");
+  *stdout = *fp;
+  setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+  // redirect unbuffered STDIN to the console
+  lStdHandle = (intptr_t)GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+  hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(lStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
+  fp = _fdopen(hConHandle, "r");
+  *stdin = *fp;
+  setvbuf(stdin, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+  // redirect unbuffered STDERR to the console
+  lStdHandle = (intptr_t)GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+  hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(lStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
+  fp = _fdopen(hConHandle, "w");
+  *stderr = *fp;
+  setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+  // make cout, wcout, cin, wcin, wcerr, cerr, wclog and clog point to console as well
+  std::ios::sync_with_stdio();
+}
+#endif
 
 // End of Print.cpp