This happens to lots of people now and then. _I_ think it's caused by something damaging the Finder's internal icon tables, so that it draws garbage instead of icons. -- Eric D. Shepherd | Apple II Alliance Charter Member InterNet: uerics@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu | ACM Member FidoNet: 1:206/2713 Eric Shepherd | Programming Law #1: "When in AOL: Sheppy | doubt, rewrite from scratch."