At 05:35 AM 3/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Mark, >I Use Quicj phrase for my shortcut keys. I am not sure what do u mean by >off the START menu. >Is it the Start on the far left corner of the task bar ? Yes Press the START button to expose the START menu > where is the off >the Sart menu ? Any sub-folder of the START folder which can be found in any version of Win9X at \Windows\Start Menu . In NT4, Windows 2000 or XP it will be found off the \Documents and Settings\whatever user\Start Menu > How to put a shortcut off the Start menu. You can select a shortcut with your mouse that is located on your desktop, ....then drag it with your mouse over the START button.... and then just drop it on top of the Start Button....and it will appear on the START menu. Or you can treat the shortcut just like any other file. Copy or move it to the \Windows\Start Menu folder. You might first want to create a new folder off the Start Menu folder called Hotkeys or whatever you want to call it... so you have this path. \Windows\Start Menu\Hotkeys . You can then treat your new folder just like any other folder. Put your hotkey shortcuts into that folder. By "Off the Start Menu", I mean that you can not put hotkey shortcuts into further sub-folders. The sub-folder must be located directly off the Start Menu folder. To create a hotkey for any shortcut ...select the shortcut....use your right mouse key context menu to bring up <Properties> , and put an acceptable key combination under <Shortcut keys>. If it is not acceptable to windows, or is already assigned, then windows won't accept it. An acceptable combination would be CTRL ALT A all pressed down at the same time. Once you have assigned a shortcut key combination, and located it directly OFF the \Windows\Start Menu, then you can invoke it anytime, from anywhere. Rode The NOSPIN Group The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml