Hello Evan, yes this worked ok, great thanks! Norman -----Original Message----- From: Evan Simpson [mailto:evan@4-am.com] Sent: 27 June 2001 18:35 To: Norman Khine Subject: Re: [Zope] INSTANCE_HOME set up help I have a possible solution for you! Does your script use "PYTHONHOME"? If so, replace it with a different name, like "Z2DIR" or something. Apparently, PYTHONHOME messes up Python 2.0 and above. I only ever used the 'start' script under Python 1.5.2, so I didn't see the version with "INST_HOME". Cheers, Evan @ digicool & 4-am