For non-32-bit apps (e.g., anything from MicroSloth before they were forced to write 32-bit clean code), you want CleanLaunch. From the ReadMe file: About CleanLaunch v1.0.0 CleanLaunch is designed to alleviate problems associated with running certain "32-bit-dirty" applications--for example, applications compiled with Microsoft's QuickBasic for the Macintosh. [Editorial note: QB is just one of many examples of Microsoft's failure to abide by Apple's recommendations when writing Mac software.] 32-bit-dirty applications typically quit with an "Error of Type 1," or cause your Mac to freeze up. CleanLaunch was written in FutureBasic, a product of Staz Software (www.stazsoftware.com). FutureBasic is the sane alternative to C. To Use CleanLaunch: Either: Double-click on the CleanLaunch Icon, then select an application from the "open file" dialog; or: Drag any application's icon to the CleanLaunch icon. TroubleShooting "CleanLaunch says there's not enough memory to launch my application, even though I know there is." CleanLaunch works by forcing your application to reside in the 0-16MB address range of memory. Open your application's "Get Info" window and make sure that the "Preferred" and "Minimum" sizes are less than 16MB (16384 k). If that doesn't work, it probably means that there are other active applications which are crowding that address range (especially other applications launched with CleanLaunch). Try quitting some of those. Finally, closing as many Finder windows as possible sometimes helps. Distributing CleanLaunch CleanLaunch is freeware, and may be freely distributed as long as this "Read Me" file is included in the distribution. It may not be sold, nor included in the distribution of any commercial product (including shareware products), without written permission from me, Rick Brown (RickJBrown@...; rbrown@...). All I ask in return is that you occasionally say things like, "Isn't that Rick Brown a genius?" when at cocktail parties and such. -------- As this is a reply to the list, **I won't** attach a copy. Still, isn't that Rick Brown a genius? -- Dr. John R. Vokey, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4 mailto:vokey@... http://www.uleth.ca/~vokey