greetings all Dosstart is a desktop that I found on the internet. I still haven't learned all its functions, but it looks pretty neat. I changed the autoexec.bat to open right to Arachne instead of Dosstart. This is my autoexec.bat I use on the laptop... @echo off path c:\drdos;c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\dos;c:\winlink\bin;c:\ rem<<<<<<I don't think I need these reminders rem ditto rem dotto verify off prompt [dr-dos] $p$g set drdoscfg=c:\drdos lh mouse\mouse nwcache 7670 1024 /lend=on /delay=off <<<<not sure what this does c: cd \arachne arachne cheers neil t http://www.qsl.net/wa4chq -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/