On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Birgit Rhoads wrote: > Sherry, what you did originally is an easy mistake for those of us > coming > over from OS 9. In the older systems, you could fool around with your > HD a > bit, rename folders, etc. Not so with OS X. Your "System" is for the > OS X > system stuff. Your "System Folder" is for your OS 9 stuff. Your > Applications is for OS X and your Applications (Mac OS 9) is for OS 9. > Don't delete/combine any of these...and don't change stuff in your OS X > System or Applications other than adding new apps. You can do your own > thing in Users, other than Library, I would not play with that one. If > you > do this, you will not have to worry about having to reinstall systems. > > Birgit All is ok now, Classic programs open with no problem now....and yes, it will be a long time before I touch anything in any folder until I am sure of what I am doing..... or asking other people who have more knowledge than me. thanks for all the help sherry