Flushing the system caches using utilities like Onyx, MacJanitor, Cocktail, etc. can cause this. On 1/19/05 7:48 AM, Michael Rath <mr.mac at mm.com> wrote: > Lately my iMac, OS 10.3.7, has been telling me that I have been opening > a program for the first time, when in actuality I have opened it many > times in the past. This happens most often with the Microsoft products > but has also happened with several other programs. > > It is irritating. Is there something I did that set this off or maybe > something I haven't done to stop it?