>Did you delete the old MacPerl preferences from your Preferences >folder? Thank you! But although you've given me the solution to my problem (delete the preferences file; perhaps I could get away with just nuking STR# resource 129 from the preferences file), I'm still wonder- ing about the answer to my question: when does MacPerl read the user name into the preferences file? At installation, first in- vokation, first time user sets preferences, first reference to $ENV{USER}, or some other time? ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch