Mimic works for me, too. You might have directory damage, where Mimic is looking for a file on start-up and not finding it even though it's there. You could tell if you ran MacsBug or maybe the terminal in OSX. DiskWarrior will usually fix problems like that (OS 9.x), but rebuilding the desktop, zapping PRAM, or reinstalling apps is usually a big waste of time when the real problem is directory damage. If Windows had an app like DiskWarrior, you wouldn't hear about all these weekly "hard-drive crashes" they get.