I have decided that the best course of action for me to get BricsCAD running on my system ( Mandriva2005LE - essentials updated ) is to clean my system of wine and start afresh. I have uninstalled wine and associated programs ( crossXover - winetools - xwine ) but upon updating my database ( slocate -u ) I still see heaps of entries for wine. eg. /usr/local/lib/wine /home/frank/Install/dotwine/setup /home/frank/UNSUPPORTED/dotwine /tmp/.wine-500 and many others though I hope these directory examples can help find the answer. The command file ( /bin ) still retains all the command names also. eg: /usr/local/bin/wineboot etc. ) The Question: To do a completely fresh install of wine without doing a full re-install of my system, how do I proceed from here ? Other things to consider for later are re-installing cx-office for the like of msproject2003. This doesn't have priority at this point, but I mention it because in an earlier version of wine I have had BrisCAD up and running ok only to see it fall over upon installing cx. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 [ http://counter.li.org/ ]