Try looking through the Adobe folder in your user's Library/Application Support folder. Perhaps placing it on the desktop and logging out then back in might let you know if the issue is within there (seeing that your tests prove that another user does not have this issue). Coj Tim Kinsella <timk at iapc.net> Anyone have any idea why all my Adobe apps (Mostly CS, but even PS7) are crashing on launch? Everything else works fine, Quark, Suitcase, Mail, browsers, etc. etc... But no Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign They work fine if I log into another test account name. I've trashed every preference/.plist I can find related to Adobe in my Home directories...(since they launch fine under 'testaccount' user, I'm assuming it's an issue in my 'tim' home directory...right?) The crash box, (.. report to Apple?..) shows a bunch of stuff, but this (below) caught my eye. Why does the path mention MacOSClassic at all for PhotoshopCS?? Command: Adobe Photoshop CS Path: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/Adobe Photoshop CS.app/Contents/MacOSClassic/Adobe Photoshop CS Version: 8.0 (8.0x119) (8.0) PID: 391 Thread: 0 Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000033 I ran DiskWarrior 3 & it mentioned Volume Information problems "which could cause applications to behave badly " (or words to that effect!!) So it repaired & replaced the directory, but... some symptoms. Any words of wisdom would be great. Thanks. Tim