"At least all your programs ( and their configuration files and dll's, yuck ) are all expected to live under `Program Files.'" Actually, Windows stores them in two places: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM for shared DLLs and C:\PROGRA~1\application (where `application' is the name of an application directory) for DLLs specific to that application. OR.. at least developers are *supposed* to do it that way (Ie. This Program Has Performed An Illegal Operation *boink* *boink*). But, Windows sucks raw, red donkey balls, IMO, anyway. :)