Does anyone know why the windows icons, once set in the start menu are replaced by blank folders after restart? I have shortcuts to directories (15 or so) and the drive where the directories reside is encrypted so that on restart, the drive "is not there" until mounted. However, having to replace icons all the time is tedious. If you were to make them "medium" (small, medium, wide and large) size the icon mysteriously appears and then you can reset them all to small again small. Funny, Shortcuts should stay in place even if the drive is not mounted as they do on the desktop - Antnick