Norm, et.al.: Is there a "Newbies for Dummies" list? I simply deleted the entire folder you cited, then restored IE internet settings from iDisk backup and issue is resolved. Thanks, everyone, for your advice and suggestions...cy On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Norman Cohen wrote: > Often, the failure of an application to open is due to a corrupt > preference file, or problems with privileges on support files. Many of > the preferences are stored in > /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconfig.plist > > You might want to try backing up that preference file and move the > original out of the Preferences folder. Then try launching IE and see > if it opens. I've had this file get screwed up before and it caused > all sorts of headaches until I deleted and recreated it. > > Norm >