On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 03:02:35PM -0700, Tom Taylor wrote: > Problem: > > I want to find out where the shortcuts (for starting programs) are stored. This might be a generic answer.... To find out what tool touches what. Try this: touch /tmp/now Create your shortcut or use XYZ GUI to do something. Now look for the files that have been modified in the users home dir or perhaps the full system. find $HOME -xdev -newer /tmp/now or find / -xdev -newer /tmp/now Inspect the file or files found with a tool like "less". I expect you will find some XML text in a file with a name something like this. $HOME/.nautilus/metafiles/file:%2F%2F%2Fhome%2Fbob%2FDesktop.xml Since it was unclear what desktop/ window manager you are running it is unclear what the exact path would be. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Just say no to 74LS73 in 2004