Cannot believe this! I lost the ability to drag icons across the desktop. No explanation??? Additionally, I get the following message in a dialog box everytime I open Word97: "This document could not be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document. OK" Sure enough the copy, cut, and paste functions are severely compromised to the point they are useless. I re-installed Word97--no effect. I then re-installed Windows 95b--still no effect. Both problems appeared simultaneously. Any ideas??? Thank you. Arthur Baghdoian [log in to unmask] PCSOFT: http://nospin.com or [log in to unmask]