I discovered today a curious behavior of the Finder. If you double click on the R icon directly, on Panther, you'll see R.bin in the application menu. If you call R via an applescript like the following, you'll see only R as it should be. try tell application "R" activate with timeout of 1000 seconds cmd "print(\"HelloWorld!\")" end timeout end tell end try Now I'm waiting an answer from Apple...and will let you know. stefano