Hal is setup in the default directory. Ms Agents are setup correctly. I also have cyberbuddy installed and that is working good. All of the agents work with cyberbuddy. Hal does create a ".uhp" file for each agent in my agents folder. Hal just won't open the agent. It gives me the error message attached in one of my previous posts. Agents are in the c:windowsmsagentschars folder. Hal creates the .uhp file, hal lists the agents in the character tab, hal lets me change to the ms agent character, wants to change the name and all. Hal just won't load the character when you click on the taskbar icon. I get the error message, then Hal starts up the chat screen and the box where Hal appears is empty except for the background. Only Hal and Zaba appear. No Merlin, Peedy, Wizard, Free Brandy, (desktopmates), no other characters appear. Like I said, they all work with cyberbuddy. Please help if you can. I like the Hal program alot. It's entertaining to say the least, but let's face it, Hal and Zaba could easily be replace with a nice looking girl.