Hi Robert,
> I find that Xmaxima works without problems.
> However when I launch wxMaxima, it appears to be unsuccessfully
> attempting to contact the Maxima back end. When I enter some
> expression, I get an error message like "Maxima not running" or something.
> I looked at the Windows firewall exceptions list, and wxmaxima-5.10.0.exe
> (name approximate) is on the list. Has anyone else tried to run wxMaxima?
> How did it turn out?
if you look at the right part of the status bar you can see where the
startup failed. Which version of Windows are you using?
Andrej