NO, NO, a thousand times NO!!! I am writing to the List because I don't have the address of the original poster (who I already answered). The comments below, by Bobby Harley, refer to WIN 95 (and are incorrect for that, also); deleting files which end in .bak, .chk, etc., may clear space, but they may also disable something critical unless you know *exactly* what they are. "File Manager", while present in WIN 95, does not exist as a "shortcut". It is still there (as c:\windows\winfile.exe); but what the original questioner is asking about refers to WIN 3.1. File Manager exists in the "Main" group; but if he cannot run Windows, he can't gain access to the Program groups! If the problem is not enough memory (RAM), or mal-distributed memory, then my recommendations to run "Memmaker" from the DOS prompt will work. If that will not allow you to open Windows, you should probably take the machine to a shop. Good luck! Best, Bob Fink > >John if you're able to run windows at all ,you need to go your "file > manager" program. > I think you'll find it under "my computer" possibly under "control panel". > Click on your > Windows folder and then look for all the following > folders."TEMPORARY",TEMP, TEMPDIR, > HISTORY/{if you use a browser}.open all theses files and delete their > contents.also delete all files that end in ."bak,chk,. this will in most > cases give sometimes as much as 30-60mb space. good luck ,Bobby > ====================================== *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************