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If I rename ddhelp.exe and start TB!, then it starts. However, there is no user interface. And the process uses about 96% CPU until I execute the hoversnap, screen-shot, program when it drops a little in CPU useage. The fact remains that TB! can not be used unless DDHELP and associated components are loaded at TB! startup. IF this is so, then, at least, TB! should shut down ddhelp at exit of TB! IF no other program is using it at the time of TB! shutdown and that's the *rub* isn't it? How does the programmer decide if another program is using it? Why does Win2000 and XP NOT need the GUI DLL's from ddhelp.exe and WinME does? Maybe that's how to approach the issue .... or ..... are they thinking that, very soon, no one will be using Win98 and WinME?? Might be logical to think that, but I daresay it will be 3 or 4 years before even I would argue along those lines. -- Regards, Robert D. :flag-us-ky: _________________________ The Bat! Version: 3.64.03 Christmas Edition Windows ME FireFox ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.64.03 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/