It seems kix doesn't like to run or shell another instance of kix. I ran into a different problem a few years ago where WrapATEOL was reset just by simply running the kix32.exe again. http://www.kixtart.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=203626#Post203626 Ruud said he would look at it, but honestly, I never checked to see if any of the current releases fixed it.