scott weaver wrote: >Thanks for the suggestion. I rebuilt the desktop but it did not have any impact. >I then kept looking around at things and finally stumbled on the answer. >In the preferences for MacPerl there is an option to either Edit or Run >scripts started by the finder, for some reason I had the Edit option >selected. When I changed it to Run, everything worked fine. However, before >I found this, I had already reinstalled 4.1.8, so it may be awhile before I >try MacPerl 5, again. i have come across the same problem (macperl5 runtimes close with unexpected error), and tries scott's solution, but with no joy. i wonder if the runtime code is for system 6 or system 7? i am running system 7.5.... anyone else have any suggestions? p -- Peter Lees (peter@next.com.au) - Technical Consultant, Next Online tel: +61 2 310 1433 * fax: +61 2 310 1315 * http://www.next.com.au "You can have a day off when you're dead, Baldrick, and not before..."