Ray
thanks for taking the time to reply ... I simply did a standard uninstall of DW (via vista, my computer / uninstall) inc ext man then I did a standard reinstall - I can't find the files in the user / appdata / roaming folder where I thought they might be I've gone down to the config folder. I'm pretty sure the folder didn't get removed in the uninstall as I have other configs which are functional.. I've taken this opportunity to rethink my layouts anyway so 'every cloud' etc.. I'll just make sure this time i'll export them :-)