i do understand your annoyance ..... and ty for the input. your saying also that the older versions of mirc did work at one time but then once u got this newest version it stopped working on them? ive heard of this options box being reported mainly on ME and not on 98 or 98se ..... both of which did work on mine ..... altho i have since upgraded my OS to WinXp pro hopefully the issue will get resolved on the next version im sure Khaled is workin on this issue be patiant for the next release and hopefully it will be resolved.... altho maybe once it comes out removing the old one and registry entries it made would be a good idea ..... make sure u backup your old registry before altering it..... anyhow ive often wondered if a standard dialog box could be written as an addon script when this issue arises ..... altho the time to script it all probably wouldnt be worth the effort