You could also try the trick to restart in OS9 instead. There is very little security under 9 so one can really mess up the files belonging to OSX if one wants to, but in this case you anly want to delete one broken file, so if you don't want to get into the terminal and that stuff, this is a fairly simple way to do it. The broken file will not be placed on the desktop under OS9, but in the folder desktop in your user-folder. Look for it there, or do a search for the name. best of luck! / Vicki -- Vicki Schalin