SorryMalcolm, but I have just tried it and there is nothing in the properties relating to the shortkey. If hal was on my desktop It would be easy to change the shortcut key but it is not on there. ----- Original Message ----- From: Malcolm Parfitt To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Hal If you go to the Hal item in your start menu you can either press Shift F 10 or the Application key to navigate to the properties for that item and replace the short cut key to one of your choice. ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Beasley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:30 PM Subject: [access-uk] Hal I have a demo of Hal on this machine, and what I would like to know is can the start Hal hot key be changed from control shift d and if so how this is done? __________ NOD32 1.1511 (20060428) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Malcolm Parfitt This system is protected by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com