I tried start command and run command. What is funny is all of my restore points before 5/29/07 are gone also. I restored to the earliest point left and the program (Cyberlink- Power Director) did start. I use it once and the next time, a couple of hours later, the icon would not work. I tried all the options suggest by Cyberlink's tech support and reinstalled serval times with no results. They now say that XP probably has become corrupted and a clean install is the only solution. That sounds a little scary. Any suggestions of the steps I need to take to do that, the programs that will have to be reinstalled, the files I need to back up etc.?