Andre, thanks for this information!! This is very useful! I used this procedure successfully for one of my own programs. However, I have another 3rd-party program that I would like to add. That program expects an ini file to be in the program's startup directory. Presently, the shortcut says that my startup directory is "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32". Right-clicking on the startup icon and changing the startup directory doesn't seem to do the job. I prefer not to copy the ini file to the System32 directory unless I have to. Any suggestions? ------------------------ Never mind!! Ignore my question and please ignore the duplicate "ignore me" post. I just joined the forum. I found the location in the MMC Taskscheduler where I can set the startup directory. Thanks again for this very helpful post! Chip