>>The syntax you need is: >> >> finderName$ = PSTR$(_finderName) >> >>On my machine it returns "Finder". I suppose I could rename it with: >> PSTR$(_finderName) = "Loser" >>but why would one rename the finder? > >Non-English systems. Ah, Bien sûr! Danke Schoen. 0"0 =J= a y "