Thanks Donna. I was able to set up the system with help from my son. In case anyone else wishes to use this feature here are the steps to do it on OPS XP. Right click somewhere on your desktop screen, but not on an ICON. Click properties, click desktop, then click customize, click run desktop cleanup wizard, at this point you just follow the procedures. Worked like a charm. John > Windows has a feature that cleans up (removes) icons / short cuts rarely > used. Usually it will ask you if you want it to run after a set time. > You may have to recreate short cuts you want back. >