Bruce, I presume you have both OS9 and OSX installed under the same hdd partition and you're the administrator user, so... Try a search (command+f) for every classic preference file while running Mac OS X. Trash all the listed classic preference files. Log out/in and open System Preferences. Choose Classic environment pane and re-assing the 9 classic folder again. Keep us updated, LM >>> brucarr at rogers.com - 2004/04/27 15:57 PM >>> LM Reinstall is somewhere I don't want to go. I'm not comfortable with all the privileges and how to get around them, If you could explain just a little more about how to do these ideas I would appreciate it. I not a tech type but can follow instructions. Bruce Carr