A complete reinstall of .U2 files and VDOSPlus (501) still produces the same result. The F5 and F9 still produce error messages as noted. Ctrl-SL gets me "stop program, Y/N" , after which Xy is usable, but each instance of F5-F9 gives me "there is no macro assigned" before allowing me to get any work done. I'm sure it must be something pretty simple, but right now hard to see where it's coming from. Carl, thanks for your kind offer, and I'll be sending you copies of my startup and KBD separately. Harry Favor -----Original Message----- From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Harry Favor Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 10:29 PM To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: weirdness with new install of VDOS-XY / XY4 Thanks. Will do some fiddling and report back. -----Original Message----- From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Distefano Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 2:32 AM To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: weirdness with new install of VDOS-XY / XY4 Reply to note from "Harry Favor" <hbfavor@xxxxxxx> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:11:25 -0400 Hello, Harry, and welcome to the list! The XPL you're quoting is from Robert Holmgren's Stack program -- the command history utility that is part of the XyWWWeb U2. It's odd, therefore, that the problem persists even when you launch XyWrite without U2. I might be able to diagnose the situation if you would send me (privately) your regular STARTUP.INT and .KBD files. Before doing so, however, you might try installing the latest release of U2 and see if that makes a difference -- on the off chance that the copy of U2 on the new machine somehow got corrupted. My overall sense is that there is some simple explanation for the anomaly and, one way or another, we should be able to get to the bottom of it. -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxxxx