That looks really cool, Les, but I was thinking more along the lines of manipulation the ADDPROGRAMGROUP/ADDPROGRAMITEM/DELPROGRAMITEM/SHOWPROGRAMGROUP functions. Perhaps it just can't be done through that.. would be a nice function to add to kixtart:

CreateShortcut(shortcutname,destination,target,startin,options)

Options would be Attributes + Normal/minimized/maximized.

Destination could be allowed to use the standard Windows folder macros -- %10, %20, %30, etc.
Just a thought.

Brian