Hi KindOne. Thank you for such a speedy response. Where do I enter the code you gave me? When entering the channel names in Tools, Options, Perform, can I add the channel passwords after each channel name? Where I add the password now is in Favorites, Add Channel so i'm entering each channel twice. am I creating more work for myself Thank you so much for the shortcut to the join commands, combining them down to just one. I appreciate your help....