erm Phil? I'd edit your post. by stating ". Its used for holding temporary files. Its a no brainer for me to alter the path and have it flush a different directory. Pick one.... Geometries? Poser? Windows? C:?" you can get into a SHIT load of trouble under various computer protection laws. trust me.. it is not worth the trouble at all! it's bad whats happened yup.. and it's good to stop the leak... but do you really want to be nicked for computercrimes???