well see thats the problem... irc has never been installed on this pc befor so the shortcut should be going to c:/program files/mirc but for some reason the path isn't right or something. i downloaded the newest version from the site and installed it properly... so i have no idea why they shortcut would be messed up like it is. i've also tried going straight to the actuall .exe file in program files/mirc and that gives me the same error. i'm kinda stumped!