dear jim
problem solved thank you
my user is in Hebrew I installed chirp in administrator account and voila!!
quite few hours of fruitless efforts could have been saved if I knew it earlier!

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מאת: Jim Unroe
נשלח: ‏שבת‏ ‏23‏ ‏נובמבר‏ ‏2013 ‎17‎:‎50
אל: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:12 AM, <amnon.zohar@gmail.com> wrote:
chirp does not show anything on my screen beside that window that closes when I click ok..
I never saw the menu bar so if chirp closes it does it behind the screen!  

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Does your user account on your computer have special characters that do not appear in the English language? If so, you may have to rename your account.
Jim KC9HI