Just curious, where is the path to notepad and word pad in Vista? I can do a search and up it pops.... but trying to just 'find it' - well, what can I say, it's not been jumping out at me waving a sign saying "here I am, here I am!" Re-Na -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.