Thanks. I ran AdwCleaner and it removed some stuff, but didn't fix the problem. I think you're correct that there are corrupted files because I then downloaded and installed Chrome, and it said my settings files were corrupted or invalid, so it couldn't recover my personal settings. Probably something some shareware did during it's install. I don't always catch the "extra" little features and benefits they're forcing on you if you don't un-check all the boxes.
No other way to fix that than a re-install huh?
:):)
