I might sound like the last person on earth to figure this out… I always like Launchpad, but thought it was dumb that you can't add folders to the complement of goodies it lets you launch. In a burst of invention, I decided to try to make an Automator Application that would open a Finder folder, then to store that in the Applications Folder. I did so, gestured Launchpad and lo and behold, my automator App to open the folder I created! woo hoo HTH somebody, either by helping actually, or by giving you a laugh that finally I figured out something the rest of the OS X-using world has known for a year! ;-) cat