YUeah, I have to say I wasn't even aware of the file extension thingydoodle in Win ME. For that matter, I wasn't aware of being able to show/hide them in Win 98. I always just assumed most programs were .EXE extensions. Some things seem to be unchangeable. For example, I made a new Windows shut down screeen, out of "logow.sys", from the Windows folder, but converting it to "logow.bmp", and then after mutilating it in Painter by adding a picture of good ol' Bill with some non-flattering text, tried to rename it to logow.sys, but I can't get it to drop the .bmp extension, and now all it wants to be is logow.sys.bmp, which doesn't work as a shut down screen, so without the original logow.sys file in the Windows folder, I simply get no shut down picture at all. shrug Anyhow, that's OT, and I hope this works for you, Dawn. :) -Mike