Hey, all. I just wanted to let everyone know that I finally solved my notepad shortcut problem. I did what a number of folks suggested. I deleted everything in the way of notepad shortcuts from both the desk top and start menu. Then, I did a search on the hard drive of the computer for the original notepad.exe file. I selected that file, went into properties, created an icon for it on the desk top, and then created the actual shortcut. I have also made Braille print-outs of the most important instructions you provided for future reference, in case I ever run into this problem again. Thanks again to everyone for your patience and persistence. Now, if I can get Jaws working right with Thunderbird on my work laptop, I should be all set. But, I have someone working with me off list on that whole thing. Tom Behler in Colorado -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx