At 20:48 -0500 15/12/04, David DelMonte wrote: >Now a dumb question... > >If I click on an item, and select make alias - the system creates an >alias in the folder of the original. If I copy the alias to my >preferred folder, >it's really an alias of the alias. in fact it is a copy of an alias It means you always have to delete the first alias you created, as it no longer has any purpose, which is not elegant, but that seems to be how the system works, if you are moving the alias between partitions. On the same partition, you can move the alias. On a different partition, you have to copy it. T.