Eugene Lee said on Aug 10, 2004: >Without more information, create another user, log in as said new user, >and see if the same apps still fail to run. Another shot in the dark: >download and apply the full-sized 10.3.5 Combo Updater. Eugene, good shooting! After using the Combo Updater, I now can launch those apps. I had hoped that the capital "B" would work like it used to months ago, but I still have to use the Caps Lock key. Thanks, Tom Miller