Hi. Quite suddenly i was unable to start spm. Matlab reports an error using load, that reportedly occurred because the file 'load' was looking for was 'unknown' : spm_Welcome.fig (see output at end of mail). The file is where it should be, though. The spm5 directory is in the path, at the very top no less, Opening the spm_Welcome.fig File via the 'Current Directory Bowser' works fine. Does anybody know what this could be about? Thank you. André ??? Error using ==> load Unable to read file spm_Welcome.fig: No such file or directory. Error in ==> hgload at 43 fileVars = load(filename,'-mat'); Error in ==> openfig at 72 [fig, savedvisible] = hgload(filename, struct('Visible','off')); Error in ==> spm at 315 [T, Fwelcome] = evalc('openfig(''spm_Welcome'',''new'',''invisible'');'); -- André Mandler Dipl.-Biol. Universitätsklinikum Tübingen Sektion Neuropsychologie Hoppe-Seyler Str 3; Room A 02 021 72076 Tübingen 0049 - (0)7071 29 8328-5 or -6